User interfaces for non-visual output of time

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure generally relates to providing time feedback on an electronic device, and in particular to providing non-visual time feedback on the electronic device. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback include detecting an input and, in response to detecting the input, initiating output of a first type of non-visual indication of a current time or a second type of non-visual indication of the current time based on the set of non-visual time output criteria met by the input. Techniques for providing non-visual time feedback also include, in response to detecting that a current time has reached a first predetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times, outputting a first non-visual alert or a second non-visual alert based on a type of watch face that the electronic device is configured to display.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application 62/856,018,filed Jun. 1, 2019, entitled “USER INTERFACES FOR NON-VISUAL OUTPUT OFTIME.” This application also relates to U.S. Pat. No. 10,156,904, issuedDec. 18, 2018, entitled “Wrist-Based Tactile Time Feedback ForNon-Sighted Users,” which claims priority to U.S. ProvisionalApplication No. 62/349,061, filed Jun. 12, 2016, entitled “Wrist-BasedTactile Time Feedback For Non-Sighted Users.” The contents of each ofthese applications are hereby incorporated by reference in theirentireties.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to computer user interfaces,and more specifically to techniques for managing the output of a currenttime.

BACKGROUND

Electronic devices, such as wearable electronic devices (e.g.,smartwatches) can output time by displaying the time on a display screenof the electronic device. Devices can also provide non-visual outputs oftime.

BRIEF SUMMARY

Some techniques for managing the output of time using electronicdevices, however, are generally cumbersome and inefficient. For example,some existing techniques use a complex and time-consuming userinterface, which may include multiple key presses, keystrokes, or touchinputs. Existing techniques require more time than necessary, wastinguser time and device energy. This latter consideration is particularlyimportant in battery-operated devices. For example, some techniquesinclude outputting the time by displaying the time on a user interfaceof a display screen of the electronic device. However, there may besituations where the user wishes to ascertain the time without having todivert their attention away to the display screen. In such cases, a morediscreet method of ascertaining the time may be preferred. Still, otherusers wishing to ascertain the time may have uncorrected vision, forexample if they have momentarily misplaced their spectacles or otherwiselack vision correction aids.

Accordingly, the present technique provides electronic devices withfaster, more efficient methods and interfaces for managing output of thecurrent time. Such methods and interfaces optionally complement orreplace other methods for managing output of the current time. Suchmethods and interfaces reduce the cognitive burden on a user and producea more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computingdevices, such methods and interfaces conserve power and increase thetime between battery charges.

In accordance with some embodiments, a method performed at an electronicdevice with one or more input devices, a first non-visual output device,and a second non-visual output device is described. The methodcomprises: detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input; inresponse to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination thatthe input meets a set of non-visual time output criteria, initiatingoutput of a non-visual indication of a current time, wherein initiatingoutput of the non-visual indication of the current time includes: inaccordance with a determination that a first set of output type criteriaare met, initiating output, via the first non-visual output device, of afirst type of non-visual indication of the current time; and inaccordance with a determination that a second set of output typecriteria are met, initiating output, via the second non-visual outputdevice, of a second type of non-visual indication of the current time,different from the first type of non-visual indication of the currenttime,

In accordance with some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed byone or more processors of an electronic device with one or more inputdevices, a first non-visual output device, and a second non-visualoutput device is described. The one or more programs includeinstructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, aninput; in response to detecting the input: in accordance with adetermination that the input meets a set of non-visual time outputcriteria, initiating output of a non-visual indication of a currenttime, wherein initiating output of the non-visual indication of thecurrent time includes: in accordance with a determination that a firstset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the firstnon-visual output device, of a first type of non-visual indication ofthe current time; and in accordance with a determination that a secondset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the secondnon-visual output device, of a second type of non-visual indication ofthe current time, different from the first type of non-visual indicationof the current time.

In accordance with some embodiments, a transitory computer-readablestorage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed byone or more processors of an electronic device with one or more inputdevices, a first non-visual output device, and a second non-visualoutput device is described. The one or more programs includeinstructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, aninput; in response to detecting the input: in accordance with adetermination that the input meets a set of non-visual time outputcriteria, initiating output of a non-visual indication of a currenttime, wherein initiating output of the non-visual indication of thecurrent time includes: in accordance with a determination that a firstset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the firstnon-visual output device, of a first type of non-visual indication ofthe current time; and in accordance with a determination that a secondset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the secondnon-visual output device, of a second type of non-visual indication ofthe current time, different from the first type of non-visual indicationof the current time,

In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device with one ormore input devices; a first non-visual output device; a secondnon-visual output device; one or more processors; and memory storing oneor more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processorsis described, The one or more programs including instructions for:detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input; in response todetecting the input: in accordance with a determination that the inputmeets a set of non-visual time output criteria, initiating output of anon-visual indication of a current time, wherein initiating output ofthe non-visual indication of the current time includes: in accordancewith a determination that a first set of output type criteria are met,initiating output, via the first non-visual output device, of a firsttype of non-visual indication of the current time; and in accordancewith a determination that a second set of output type criteria are met,initiating output, via the second non-visual output device, of a secondtype of non-visual indication of the current time, different from thefirst type of non-visual indication of the current time.

In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described.The electronic device comprises: one or more input devices; a firstnon-visual output device; a second non-visual output device; means fordetecting, via the one or more input devices, an input; means, inresponse to detecting the input, for: in accordance with a determinationthat the input meets a set of non-visual time output criteria,initiating output of a non-visual indication of a current time, whereininitiating output of the non-visual indication of the current timeincludes: in accordance with a determination that a first set of outputtype criteria are met, initiating output, via the first non-visualoutput device, of a first type of non-visual indication of the currenttime; and in accordance with a determination that a second set of outputtype criteria are met, initiating output, via the second non-visualoutput device, of a second type of non-visual indication of the currenttime, different from the first type of non-visual indication of thecurrent time.

In accordance with some embodiments, a method performed at an electronicdevice with one or more non-visual output devices and a display deviceis described. The method comprises: detecting that a current time hasreached a first predetermined time of a set of one or more predeterminedtimes; in response to detecting that the current time has reached thefirst predetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times:in accordance with a determination that the electronic device iscurrently configured to display, via the display device, a first watchface, outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a firstnon-visual alert; and in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a second watch face that is different from the first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert that is different from the first non-visual alert.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or moreprograms configured to be executed by one or more processors of anelectronic device with one or more non-visual output devices and adisplay device is described. The one or more programs includinginstructions for: detecting that a current time has reached a firstpredetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times; inresponse to detecting that the current time has reached the firstpredetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times: inaccordance with a determination that the electronic device is currentlyconfigured to display, via the display device, a first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a firstnon-visual alert: and in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a second watch face that is different from the first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert that is different from the first non-visual alert.

A transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or moreprograms configured to be executed by one or more processors of anelectronic device with one or more non-visual output devices and adisplay device is described. The one or more programs includinginstructions for: detecting that a current time has reached a firstpredetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times; inresponse to detecting that the current time has reached the firstpredetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times: inaccordance with a determination that the electronic device is currentlyconfigured to display, via the display device, a first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a firstnon-visual alert; and in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a second watch face that is different from the first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert that is different from the first non-visual alert.

In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device with one ormore non-visual output devices; a display device; one or moreprocessors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to beexecuted by the one or more processors is described. The one or moreprograms including instructions for: detecting that a current time hasreached a first predetermined time of a set of one or more predeterminedtimes; in response to detecting that the current time has reached thefirst predetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times:in accordance with a determination that the electronic device iscurrently configured to display, via the display device, a first watchface, outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a firstnon-visual alert; and in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a second watch face that is different from the first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert that is different from the first non-visual alert.

In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described.The electronic device comprises: one or more non-visual output devices;a display device; means for detecting that a current time has reached afirst predetermined time of a set of one or more predetermined times;means, in response to detecting that the current time has reached thefirst predetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times,for: in accordance with a determination that the electronic device iscurrently configured to display, via the display device, a first watchface, outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a firstnon-visual alert; and in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a second watch face that is different from the first watch face,outputting, via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert that is different from the first non-visual alert,

Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally,included in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium or othercomputer program product configured for execution by one or moreprocessors. Executable instructions for performing these functions are,optionally, included in a transitory computer-readable storage medium orother computer program product configured for execution by one or moreprocessors.

Thus, devices are provided with faster, more efficient methods andinterfaces for managing output of the current time, thereby increasingthe effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices.Such methods and interfaces may complement or replace other methods formanaging output of the current time.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

For a better understanding of the various described embodiments,reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below, inconjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numeralsrefer to corresponding parts throughout the figures.

FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a portable multifunction devicewith a touch-sensitive display in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for eventhandling in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device having a touch screenin accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with adisplay and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 4A illustrates an exemplary user interface for a menu ofapplications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 4B illustrates an exemplary user interface for a multifunctiondevice with a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the displayin accordance with some embodiments.

FIG, 5A illustrates a personal electronic device in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 5B is a block diagram illustrating a personal electronic device inaccordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 5C-5H illustrate example tactile output patterns that have aparticular waveform, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 6A-6P illustrate exemplary user interfaces for managing output ofa non-visual indication of a current time, in accordance with someembodiments.

FIGS. 7A-7C are a flow diagram illustrating a method for managing outputof a non-visual indication of a current time, in accordance with someembodiments.

FIGS. 8A-8H illustrate exemplary user interfaces for managing output ofa non-visual alert at a predetermined time(s), in accordance with someembodiments.

FIGS. 9A-9B are a flow diagram illustrating a method for managing outputof a non-visual alert at a predetermined time(s), in accordance withsome embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following description sets forth exemplary methods, parameters, andthe like. it should be recognized, however, that such description is notintended as a limitation on the scope of the present disclosure but isinstead provided as a description of exemplary embodiments.

There is a need for electronic devices that provide efficient methodsand interfaces for managing output of the current time. For example,there is a need for a discreet and convenient method of providingfeedback for current time to a user without notifying surroundingspersons of the current time or the user's intentional request for thecurrent time. For another example, there is so a need to impart the timeto the user without having to divert the user's attention to a displayto view the time. For another example, there is a need for improvingaccessibility features on electronic devices for low-vision ornon-sighted users who are not easily able to view the display. Foranother example, there is a need to provide an alternative orsupplemental approach to the audio output and/or tactile feedback ofinformation, for example for users who are hearing-impaired and/or inloud environments. For another example, there is a need to output thecurrent time or an indication of the current time in an improved mannerwithout significantly increasing burden on the processor and/or batterypower consumption. Such techniques can reduce the cognitive burden on auser who accesses device features concerning output of the current time,thereby enhancing productivity. Further, such techniques can reduceprocessor and battery power otherwise wasted on redundant user inputs.

Below, FIGS. 1A-1B, 2, 4A-4B, and 5A-5H provide a description ofexemplary devices for performing the techniques for managing eventnotifications. FIGS. 6A-6P illustrate exemplary user interfaces formanaging output of a non-visual indication of a current time, inaccordance with some embodiments. FIGS. 7A-7C are a flow diagramillustrating a method for managing output of a non-visual indication ofa current time, in accordance with some embodiments. The user interfacesin FIGS. 6A-6P are used to illustrate the processes described below,including the processes in FIGS. 7A-7C. FIGS. 8A-8H illustrate exemplaryuser interfaces for managing output of a non-visual alert at apredetermined time(s), in accordance with some embodiments. FIGS. 9A-9Bare a flow diagram illustrating a method for managing output of anon-visual alert at a predetermined time(s), in accordance with someembodiments. The user interfaces in FIGS. 8A-8H are used to illustratethe processes described below, including the processes in FIGS. 9A-9B.

Although the following description uses terms “first,” “second,” etc. todescribe various elements, these elements should not be limited by theterms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element fromanother. For example, a first touch could be termed a second touch, and,similarly, a second touch could be termed a first touch, withoutdeparting from the scope of the various described embodiments. The firsttouch and the second touch are both touches, but they are not the sametouch.

The terminology used in the description of the various describedembodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in thedescription of the various described embodiments and the appendedclaims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to includethe plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicatesotherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as usedherein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations ofone or more of the associated listed items. It will be furtherunderstood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or“comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence ofstated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/orcomponents, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or moreother features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components,and/or groups thereof

The term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “inresponse to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on thecontext. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a statedcondition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upondetermining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [thestated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the statedcondition or event],” depending on the context.

Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, andassociated processes for using such devices are described. In someembodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as amobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/ormusic player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunctiondevices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad®devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronicdevices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitivesurfaces (e.g,, touch screen displays and/or touchpads), are,optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in someembodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but isa desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface touch screen displayand/or a touchpad).

In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes adisplay and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should beunderstood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes oneor more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physicalkeyboard, a mouse, and/or a joystick.

The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one ormore of the following: a drawing application, a presentationapplication, a word processing application, a website creationapplication, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, agaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencingapplication, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, aworkout support application, a photo management application, a digitalcamera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsingapplication, a digital music player application, and/or a digital videoplayer application.

The various applications that are executed on the device optionally useat least one common physical user-interface device, such as thetouch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitivesurface as well as corresponding information displayed on the deviceare, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the nextand/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physicalarchitecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the deviceoptionally supports the variety of applications with user interfacesthat are intuitive and transparent to the user.

Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable devices withtouch-sensitive displays. FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustratingportable multifunction device 100 with touch-sensitive display system112 in accordance with some embodiments. Touch-sensitive display 112 issometimes called a “touch screen” for convenience and is sometimes knownas or called a “touch-sensitive display system.” Device 100 includesmemory 102 (which optionally includes one or more computer-readablestorage mediums), memory controller 122, one or more processing units(CPUs) 120, peripherals interface 118, RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry110, speaker 111, microphone 113, input/output (I/O) subsystem 106,other input control devices 116, and external port 124. Device 100optionally includes one or more optical sensors 164. Device 100optionally includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165 fordetecting intensity of contacts on device 100 (e.g., a touch-sensitivesurface such as touch-sensitive display system 112 of device 100).Device 100 optionally includes one or more tactile output generators 167for generating tactile outputs on device 100 (e.g., generating tactileoutputs on a touch-sensitive surface such as touch-sensitive displaysystem 112 of device 100 or touchpad 355 of device 300). Thesecomponents optionally communicate over one or more communication busesor signal lines 103.

As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of acontact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure(force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on thetouch-sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force orpressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of acontact has a range of values that includes at least four distinctvalues and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., atleast 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (ormeasured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinationsof sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath oradjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measureforce at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In someimplementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors arecombined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of acontact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally,used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitivesurface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on thetouch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of thetouch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto,and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to thecontact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute forthe force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. Insome implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force orpressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity thresholdhas been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in unitscorresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations,the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are convertedto an estimated force or pressure, and the estimated force or pressureis used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded(e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in unitsof pressure). Using the intensity of a contact as an attribute of a userinput allows for user access to additional device functionality that mayotherwise not be accessible by the user on a reduced-size device withlimited real estate for displaying affordances (e.g., on atouch-sensitive display) and/or receiving user input (e.g., via atouch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface, or aphysical/mechanical control such as a knob or a button).

As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output”refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previousposition of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., atouch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component(e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relativeto a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user withthe user's sense of touch. For example, in situations where the deviceor the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a userthat is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of auser's hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacementwill be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding toa perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or thecomponent of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitivesurface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally,interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physicalactuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensationsuch as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement ofa physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surfacethat is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user's movements. Asanother example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally,interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitivesurface, even when there is no change in smoothness of thetouch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a userwill be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user,there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a largemajority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described ascorresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “upclick,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, thegenerated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of thedevice or a component thereof that will generate the described sensoryperception for a typical (or average) user.

It should be appreciated that device 100 is only one example of aportable multifunction device, and that device 100 optionally has moreor fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or morecomponents, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangementof the components. The various components shown in FIG. 1A areimplemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both hardware andsoftware, including one or more signal processing and/orapplication-specific integrated circuits.

Memory 102 optionally includes high-speed random access memory andoptionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or moremagnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or othernon-volatile solid-state memory devices. Memory controller 122optionally controls access to memory 102 by other components of device100.

Peripherals interface 118 can be used to couple input and outputperipherals of the device to CPU 120 and memory 102. The one or moreprocessors 120 run or execute various software programs and/or sets ofinstructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions fordevice 100 and to process data. In some embodiments, peripheralsinterface 118, CPU 120, and memory controller 122 are, optionally,implemented on a single chip, such as chip 104. In some otherembodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.

RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals, alsocalled electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 converts electricalsignals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates withcommunications networks and other communications devices via theelectromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-knowncircuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited toan antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner,one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, asubscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RFcircuitry 108 optionally communicates with networks, such as theInternet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranetand/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, awireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network(MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The RF circuitry 108optionally includes well-known circuitry for detecting near fieldcommunication (NFC) fields, such as by a short-range communicationradio. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality ofcommunications standards, protocols, and technologies, including but notlimited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced DataGSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA),high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO),HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), nearfield communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access(W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multipleaccess (TDMA), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), Wireless Fidelity(Wi-fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n,and/or IEEE 802.11ac), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, aprotocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP)and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensiblemessaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol forInstant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), InstantMessaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service(SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, includingcommunication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of thisdocument.

Audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, and microphone 113 provide an audiointerface between a user and device 100. Audio circuitry 110 receivesaudio data from peripherals interface 118, converts the audio data to anelectrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker 111.Speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves.Audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted bymicrophone 113 from sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 converts theelectrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data toperipherals interface 118 for processing. Audio data is, optionally,retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory 102 and/or RF circuitry 108by peripherals interface 118. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 110also includes a headset jack (e.g., 212, FIG. 2). The headset jackprovides an interface between audio circuitry 110 and removable audioinput/output peripherals, such as output-only headphones or a headsetwith both output (e.g., a headphone for one or both ears) and input(e,g., a microphone).

I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on device 100, suchas touch screen 112 and other input control devices 116, to peripheralsinterface 118. I/O subsystem 106 optionally includes display controller156, optical sensor controller 158, depth camera controller 169,intensity sensor controller 159, haptic feedback controller 161, and oneor more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices. Theone or more input controllers 160 receive/send electrical signalsfrom/to other input control devices 116. The other input control devices116 optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rockerbuttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and soforth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s) 160 are,optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, aninfrared port, a USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The oneor more buttons (e.g., 208, FIG, 2) optionally include an up/down buttonfor volume control of speaker 111 and/or microphone 113. The one or morebuttons optionally include a push button (e.g., 206, FIG. 2).

A quick press of the push button optionally disengages a lock of touchscreen 112 or optionally begins a process that uses gestures on thetouch screen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by PerformingGestures on an Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, U.S. Pat, No.7,657,849, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Alonger press of the push button (e.g., 206) optionally turns power todevice 100 on or off. The functionality of one or more of the buttonsare, optionally, user-customizable. Touch screen 112 is used toimplement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards.

Touch-sensitive display 112 provides an input interface and an outputinterface between the device and a user. Display controller 156 receivesand/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen 112. Touch screen112 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionallyincludes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof(collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all ofthe visual output optionally corresponds to user-interface objects.

Touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor, or set ofsensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactilecontact. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 (along with anyassociated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detectcontact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen112 and convert the detected contact into interaction withuser-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages,or images) that are displayed on touch screen 112. In an exemplaryembodiment, a point of contact between touch screen 112 and the usercorresponds to a finger of the user.

Touch screen 112 optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display)technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED(light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologiesare used in other embodiments. Touch screen 112 and display controller156 optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof usingany of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or laterdeveloped, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared,and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximitysensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points ofcontact with touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, projectedmutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in theiPhone® and iPod Touch® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 is,optionally, analogous to the multi-touch sensitive touchpads describedin the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat.No. 6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932(Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/00150241 A1, each ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. However,touch screen 112 displays visual output from device 100, whereastouch-sensitive touchpads do not provide visual output.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen 112 isdescribed in the following applications: (1) U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” filed May 2,2006; (2) U.S. patent Application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “MultipointTouchscreen,” filed. May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No.10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30,2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, “Gestures ForTouch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User InterfacesFor Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input Device Placement On ATouch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A Computer With A TouchScreen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser.No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch-Screen VirtualKeyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. Allof these applications are incorporated by reference herein in theirentirety.

Touch screen 112 optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi.In some embodiments, the touch screen has a video resolution ofapproximately 160 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touchscreen 112 using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, afinger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface isdesigned to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures,which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger areaof contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, thedevice translates the rough finger-based input into a precisepointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired bythe user.

In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device 100optionally includes a touchpad for activating or deactivating particularfunctions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive areaof the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visualoutput. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that isseparate from touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitivesurface formed by the touch screen.

Device 100 also includes power system 162 for powering the variouscomponents. Power system 162 optionally includes a power managementsystem, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current(AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a powerconverter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emittingdiode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation,management and distribution of power in portable devices.

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 164.FIG. 1A shows an optical sensor coupled to optical sensor controller 158in I/O subsystem 106. Optical sensor 164 optionally includescharge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS) phototransistors. Optical sensor 164 receives light from theenvironment, projected through one or more lenses, and converts thelight to data representing an image. In conjunction with imaging module143 (also called a camera module), optical sensor 164 optionallycaptures still images or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensoris located on the back of device 100, opposite touch screen display 112on the front of the device so that the touch screen display is enabledfor use as a viewfinder for still and/or video image acquisition. Insome embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the front of thedevice so that the user's image is, optionally, obtained for videoconferencing while the user views the other video conferenceparticipants on the touch screen display, In some embodiments, theposition of optical sensor 164 can be changed by the user (e.g., byrotating the lens and the sensor in the device housing) so that a singleoptical sensor 164 is used along with the touch screen display for bothvideo conferencing and still and/or video image acquisition.

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more depth camera sensors175. FIG. 1A shows a depth camera sensor coupled to depth cameracontroller 169 in I/O subsystem 106. Depth camera sensor 175 receivesdata from the environment to create a three dimensional model of anobject (e.g., a face) within a scene from a viewpoint (e.g., a depthcamera sensor). In some embodiments, in conjunction with imaging module143 (also called a camera module), depth camera sensor 175 is optionallyused to determine a depth map of different portions of an image capturedby the imaging module 143. In some embodiments, a depth camera sensor islocated on the front of device 100 so that the user's image with depthinformation is, optionally, obtained for video conferencing while theuser views the other video conference participants on the touch screendisplay and to capture selfies with depth map data. in some embodiments,the depth camera sensor 175 is located on the back of device, or on theback and the front of the device 100. In some embodiments, the positionof depth camera sensor 175 can be changed by the user (e.g., by rotatingthe lens and the sensor in the device housing) so that a depth camerasensor 175 is used along with the touch screen display for both videoconferencing and still and/or video image acquisition.

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more contact intensitysensors 165. FIG. 1A shows a contact intensity sensor coupled tointensity sensor controller 159 in I/O subsystem 106. Contact intensitysensor 165 optionally includes one or more piezoresistive strain gauges,capacitive force sensors, electric force sensors, piezoelectric forcesensors, optical force sensors, capacitive touch-sensitive surfaces, orother intensity sensors (e.g., sensors used to measure the force (orpressure) of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface). Contact intensitysensor 165 receives contact intensity information (e.g., pressureinformation or a proxy for pressure information) from the environment.In some embodiments, at least one contact intensity sensor is collocatedwith, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitivedisplay system 112). In some embodiments, at least one contact intensitysensor is located on the back of device 100, opposite touch screendisplay 112, which is located on the front of device 100.

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors 166.FIG. IA shows proximity sensor 166 coupled to peripherals interface 118.Alternately, proximity sensor 166 is, optionally, coupled to inputcontroller 160 in I/O subsystem 106. Proximity sensor 166 optionallyperforms as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/241,839,“Proximity Detector In Handheld Device”; Ser. No. 11/240,788, “ProximityDetector In Handheld Device”; Ser. No. 11/620,702, “Using Ambient LightSensor To Augment Proximity Sensor Output”; Ser. No. 11/586,862,“Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In PortableDevices”; and Ser. No. 11/638,251, “Methods And Systems For AutomaticConfiguration Of Peripherals,” which are hereby incorporated byreference in their entirety. In some embodiments, the proximity sensorturns off and disables touch screen 112 when the multifunction device isplaced near the user's ear (e.g., when the user is making a phone call).

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more tactile outputgenerators 167. FIG. 1A shows a tactile output generator coupled tohaptic feedback controller 161 in I/O subsystem 106. Tactile outputgenerator 167 optionally includes one or more electroacoustic devicessuch as speakers or other audio components and/or electromechanicaldevices that convert energy into linear motion such as a motor,solenoid, electroactive polymer, piezoelectric actuator, electrostaticactuator, or other tactile output generating component (e.g., acomponent that converts electrical signals into tactile outputs on thedevice). Contact intensity sensor 165 receives tactile feedbackgeneration instructions from haptic feedback module 133 and generatestactile outputs on device 100 that are capable of being sensed by a userof device 100. In some embodiments, at least one tactile outputgenerator is collocated with, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface(e.g., touch-sensitive display system 112) and, optionally, generates atactile output by moving the touch-sensitive surface vertically (e.g.,in/out of a surface of device 100) or laterally (e.g., back and forth inthe same plane as a surface of device 100). In some embodiments, atleast one tactile output generator sensor is located on the back ofdevice 100, opposite touch screen display 112, which is located on thefront of device 100.

Device 100 optionally also includes one or more accelerometers 168. FIG.IA shows accelerometer 168 coupled to peripherals interface 118.Alternately, accelerometer 168 is, optionally, coupled to an inputcontroller 160 in I/O subsystem 106. Accelerometer 168 optionallyperforms as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050190059,“Acceleration-based Theft Detection System for Portable ElectronicDevices,” and U.S. Patent Publication No. 20060017692, “Methods AndApparatuses For Operating A Portable Device Based On An Accelerometer,”both of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, Insome embodiments, information is displayed on the touch screen displayin a portrait view or a landscape view based on an analysis of datareceived from the one or more accelerometers. Device 100 optionallyincludes, in addition to accelerometer(s) 168, a magnetometer and a UPS(or GLONASS or other global navigation system) receiver for obtaininginformation concerning the location and orientation (e.g., portrait orlandscape) of device 100.

In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102include operating system 126, communication module (or set ofinstructions) 128, contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130,graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, text input module (or setof instructions) 134, Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set ofinstructions) 135, and applications (or sets of instructions) 136.Furthermore, in some embodiments, memory 102 (FIG. 1A) or 370 (FIG. 3)stores device/global internal state 157, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 3.Device/global internal state 157 includes one or more of: activeapplication state, indicating which applications, if any, are currentlyactive; display state, indicating what applications, views or otherinformation occupy various regions of touch screen display 112; sensorstate, including information obtained from the device's various sensorsand input control devices 116; and location information concerning thedevice's location and/or attitude.

Operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, iOS,WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includesvarious software components and/or drivers for controlling and managinggeneral system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control,power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between varioushardware and software components.

Communication module 128 facilitates communication with other devicesover one or more external ports 124 and also includes various softwarecomponents for handling data received by RF circuitry 108 and/orexternal port 124. External port 124 (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB),FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices orindirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). Insome embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin)connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with, the30-pin connector used on iPod® (trademark of Apple Inc.) devices.

Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects contact with touch screen112 (in conjunction with display controller 156) and othertouch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel),Contact/motion module 130 includes various software components forperforming various operations related to detection of contact, such asdetermining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-downevent), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force orpressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of thecontact), determining if there is movement of the contact and trackingthe movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one ormore finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased(e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact).Contact/motion module 130 receives contact data from the touch-sensitivesurface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which isrepresented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determiningspeed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or anacceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point ofcontact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts(e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g.,“multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments,contact/motion module 130 and display controller 156 detect contact on atouchpad.

In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 uses a set of one or moreintensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has beenperformed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” onan icon). In some embodiments, at least a subset of the intensitythresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g.,the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholdsof particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changingthe physical hardware of device 100). For example, a mouse “click”threshold of a trackpad or touch screen display can be set to any of alarge range of predefined threshold values without changing the trackpador touch screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations,a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjustingone or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjustingindividual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality ofintensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity”parameter).

Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects a gesture input by a user.Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contactpatterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities ofdetected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected bydetecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a fingertap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detectinga finger-up (liftoff) event at the same position (or substantially thesame position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of anicon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on thetouch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followedby detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequentlyfollowed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event.

Graphics module 132 includes various known software components forrendering and displaying graphics on touch screen 112 or other display,including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness,transparency, saturation, contrast, or other visual property) ofgraphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics”includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including, withoutlimitation, text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objectsincluding soft keys), digital images, videos, animations, and the like.

In some embodiments, graphics module 132 stores data representinggraphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned acorresponding code. Graphics module 132 receives, from applicationsetc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with,if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and thengenerates screen image data to output to display controller 156.

Haptic feedback module 133 includes various software components forgenerating instructions used by tactile output generator(s) 167 toproduce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device 100 inresponse to user interactions with device 100.

Text input module 134, which is, optionally, a component of graphicsmodule 132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in variousapplications (e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, IM 141, browser 147, andany other application that needs text input).

GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides thisinformation for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 foruse in location-based dialing; to camera 143 as picture/video metadata;and to applications that provide location-based services such as weatherwidgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets)

Applications 136 optionally include the following modules (or sets ofinstructions), or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   Contacts module 137 (sometimes called an address book or contact        list);    -   Telephone module 138;    -   Video conference module 139;    -   E-mail client module 140;    -   Instant messaging (IM) module 141;    -   Workout support module 142;    -   Camera module 143 for still and/or video images;    -   Image management module 144;    -   Video player module;    -   Music player module;    -   Browser module 147;    -   Calendar module 148;    -   Widget modules 149, which optionally include one or more of:        weather widget 149-i, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget        149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, dictionary widget 149-5, and        other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created        widgets 149-6;    -   Widget creator module 150 for making user-created widgets 149-6;    -   Search module 151;    -   Video and music player module 152, which merges video player        module and music player module;    -   Notes module 153;    -   Map module 154; and/or    -   Online video module 155.

Examples of other applications 136 that are, optionally, stored inmemory 102. include other word processing applications, other imageediting applications, drawing applications, presentation applications,JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voicerecognition, and voice replication.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module134, contacts module 137 are, optionally, used to manage an address bookor contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state 192 ofcontacts module 137 in memory 102 or memory 370), including: addingname(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book;associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physicaladdress(es) or other information with a name; associating an image witha name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers ore-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications bytelephone 138, video conference module 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; andso forth.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111,microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact/motionmodule 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, telephonemodule 138 are optionally, used to enter a sequence of characterscorresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephonenumbers in contacts module 137, modify a telephone number that has beenentered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation, anddisconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As notedabove, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality ofcommunications standards, protocols, and technologies.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 11microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130, graphicsmodule 132, text input module 134, contacts module 137, and telephonemodule 138, video conference module 139 includes executable instructionsto initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a userand one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions,

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and textinput module 134, e-mail client module 140 includes executableinstructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response touser instructions. In conjunction with image management module 144,e-mail client module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mailswith still or video images taken with camera module 143.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and textinput module 134, the instant messaging module 141 includes executableinstructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to aninstant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit arespective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service(SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-basedinstant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-basedinstant messages), to receive instant messages, and to view receivedinstant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or receivedinstant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, videofiles and/or other attachments as are supported in an MMS and/or anEnhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging”refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMSor MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP,SIMPLE, or IMPS).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, textinput module 134, GPS module 135, map module 154, and music playermodule, workout support module 142 includes executable instructions tocreate workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burninggoals); communicate with workout sensors (sports devices); receiveworkout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; selectand play music for a workout; and display, store, and transmit workoutdata.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, opticalsensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact/motion module 130,graphics module 132, and image management module 144, camera module 143includes executable instructions to capture still images or video(including a video stream) and store them into memory 102, modifycharacteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image orvideo from memory 102.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134,and camera module 143, image management module 144 includes executableinstructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate,label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), andstore still and/or video images.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and textinput module 134, browser module 147 includes executable instructions tobrowse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, includingsearching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portionsthereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, textinput module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147,calendar module 148 includes executable instructions to create, display,modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g.,calendar entries, to-do lists, etc.) in accordance with userinstructions.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, textinput module 134, and browser module 147, widget modules 149 aremini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user(e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or createdby the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, awidget includes an HTML, (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In someembodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) fileand a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, textinput module 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150are, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning auser-specified portion of a web page into a widget).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module134, search module 151 includes executable instructions to search fortext, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory 102. thatmatch one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specifiedsearch terms) in accordance with user instructions.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110,speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, video and musicplayer module 152 includes executable instructions that allow the userto download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored inone or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executableinstructions to display, present, or otherwise play back videos (e.g.,on touch screen 112 or on an external, connected display via externalport 124). In some embodiments, device 100 optionally includes thefunctionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of AppleInc.).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module134, notes module 153 includes executable instructions to create andmanage notes, to-do lists, and the like in accordance with userinstructions,

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, textinput module 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, map module 154are, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps anddata associated with maps (e.g., driving directions, data on stores andother points of interest at or near a particular location, and otherlocation-based data) in accordance with user instructions,

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156,contact/motion module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110,speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail clientmodule 140, and browser module 147, online video module 155 includesinstructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., bystreaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or onan external, connected display via external port 124), send an e-mailwith a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage onlinevideos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments,instant messaging module 141, rather than e-mail client module 140, isused to send a link to a particular online video. Additional descriptionof the online video application can be found in U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 60/936,562, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, andGraphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Jun. 20,2007, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/968,067, “PortableMultifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for PlayingOnline Videos,” filed Dec. 31, 2007, the contents of which are herebyincorporated by reference in their entirety.

Each of the above-identified modules and applications corresponds to aset of executable instructions for performing one or more functionsdescribed above and the methods described in this application (e.g., thecomputer-implemented methods and other information processing methodsdescribed herein). These modules (e.g., sets of instructions) need notbe implemented as separate software programs, procedures, or modules,and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined orotherwise rearranged in various embodiments. For example, video playermodule is, optionally, combined with music player module into a singlemodule (e.g., video and music player module 152, FIG. 1A). In someembodiments, memory 102 optionally stores a subset of the modules anddata structures identified above, Furthermore, memory 102 optionallystores additional modules and data structures not described above.

In some embodiments, device 100 is a device where operation of apredefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusivelythrough a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/ora touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device100, the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons,dials, and the like) on device 100 is, optionally, reduced,

The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through atouch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation betweenuser interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by theuser, navigates device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any userinterface that is displayed on device 100. In such embodiments, a “menubutton” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, themenu button is a physical push button or other physical input controldevice instead of a touchpad.

FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for eventhandling in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments,memory 102 (FIG. 1A) or 370 (FIG. 3) includes event sorter 170 (e.g., inoperating system 126) and a respective application 136-1 (e.g., any ofthe aforementioned applications 137-151, 155, 380-390).

Event sorter 170 receives event information and determines theapplication 136-1 and application view 191 of application 136-1 to whichto deliver the event information. Event sorter 170 includes eventmonitor 171 and event dispatcher module 174. In some embodiments,application 136-1 includes application internal state 192, whichindicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitivedisplay 112 when the application is active or executing. In someembodiments, device/global internal state 157 is used by event sorter170 to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, andapplication internal state 192 is used by event sorter 170 to determineapplication views 191 to which to deliver event information.

In some embodiments, application internal state 192. includes additionalinformation, such as one or more of: resume information to be used whenapplication 136-1 resumes execution, user interface state informationthat indicates information being displayed or that is ready for displayby application 136-1, a state queue for enabling the user to go back toa prior state or view of application 136-1, and a redo/undo queue ofprevious actions taken by the user.

Event monitor 171 receives event information from peripherals interface118. Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., auser touch on touch-sensitive display 112, as part of a multi-touchgesture), Peripherals interface 118 transmits information it receivesfrom I/O subsystem 106 or a sensor, such as proximity sensor 166,accelerometer(s) 168, and/or microphone 113 (through audio circuitry110). Information that peripherals interface 118 receives from I/Osubsystem 106 includes information from touch-sensitive display 112 or atouch-sensitive surface.

In some embodiments, event monitor 171 sends requests to the peripheralsinterface 118 at predetermined intervals. In response, peripheralsinterface 118 transmits event information. In other embodiments,peripherals interface 118 transmits event information only when there isa significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predeterminednoise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration).

In some embodiments, event sorter 170 also includes a hit viewdetermination module 172 and/or an active event recognizer determinationmodule 173.

Hit view determination module 172 provides software procedures fordetermining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more viewswhen touch-sensitive display 112 displays more than one view. Views aremade up of controls and other elements that a user can see on thedisplay.

Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is aset of views, sometimes herein called application views or userinterface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-basedgestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) inwhich a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levelswithin a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example,the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally,called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as properinputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hitview of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture.

Hit view determination module 172. receives information related tosub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multipleviews organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module 172identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which shouldhandle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowestlevel view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (e.g., the firstsub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potentialevent). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determinationmodule 172, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related tothe same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hitview.

Active event recognizer determination module 173 determines which viewor views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence ofsub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determinationmodule 173 determines that only the hit view should receive a particularsequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizerdetermination module 173 determines that all views that include thephysical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, andtherefore determines that all actively involved views should receive aparticular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touchsub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with oneparticular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain asactively involved views.

Event dispatcher module 174 dispatches the event information to an eventrecognizer (e.g., event recognizer 180). In embodiments including activeevent recognizer determination module 173, event dispatcher module 174delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined byactive event recognizer determination module 173. In some embodiments,event dispatcher module 174 stores in an event queue the eventinformation, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver 182.

In some embodiments, operating system 126 includes event sorter 170.Alternatively, application 136-1 includes event sorter 170. In yet otherembodiments, event sorter 170 is a stand-alone module, or a part ofanother module stored in memory 102, such as contact/motion module 130.

In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes a plurality of eventhandlers 190 and one or more application views 191, each of whichincludes instructions for handling touch events that occur within arespective view of the application's user interface. Each applicationview 191 of the application 136-1 includes one or more event recognizers180. Typically, a respective application view 191 includes a pluralityof event recognizers 180. In other embodiments, one or more of eventrecognizers 180 are part of a separate module, such as a user interfacekit or a higher level object from which application 136-1 inheritsmethods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective eventhandler 190 includes one or more of: data updater 176, object updater177, GUI updater 178, and/or event data 179 received from event sorter170. Event handler 190 optionally utilizes or calls data updater 176,object updater 177, or GUI updater 178 to update the applicationinternal state 192. Alternatively, one or more of the application views191 include one or more respective event handlers 190. Also, in someembodiments, one or more of data updater 176, object updater 177, andGUI updater 178 are included in a respective application view 191.

A respective event recognizer 180 receives event information (e.g.,event data 179) from event sorter 170 and identifies an event from theevent information. Event recognizer 180 includes event receiver 182 andevent comparator 184. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 alsoincludes at least a subset of: metadata 183, and event deliveryinstructions 188 (which optionally include sub-event deliveryinstructions)

Event receiver 182 receives event information from event sorter 170. Theevent information includes information about a sub-event, for example, atouch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the eventinformation also includes additional information, such as location ofthe sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the eventinformation optionally also includes speed and direction of thesub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the devicefrom one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to alandscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event informationincludes corresponding information about the current orientation (alsocalled device attitude) of the device.

Event comparator 184 compares the event information to predefined eventor sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines anevent or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event orsub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 includes eventdefinitions 186, Event definitions 186 contain definitions of events(e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event 1(187-1), event 2 (187-2), and others, In some embodiments, sub-events inan event (187) include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touchmovement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, thedefinition for event 1 (187-1) is a double tap on a displayed object.The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) onthe displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first liftoff (touchend) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on thedisplayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second liftoff (touchend) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition forevent 2. (187-2) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, forexample, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for apredetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitivedisplay 112, and liftoff of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments,the event also includes information for one or more associated eventhandlers 190.

In some embodiments, event definition 187 includes a definition of anevent for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, eventcomparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which user-interfaceobject is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an applicationview in which three user-interface objects are displayed ontouch-sensitive display 112, when a touch is detected on touch-sensitivedisplay 112, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine whichof the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch(sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respectiveevent handler 190, the event comparator uses the result of the hit testto determine which event handler 190 should be activated. For example,event comparator 184 selects an event handler associated with thesub-event and the object triggering the hit test.

In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event (187) alsoincludes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event informationuntil after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-eventsdoes or does not correspond to the event recognizer's event type.

When a respective event recognizer 180 determines that the series ofsub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions 186, therespective event recognizer 180 enters an event impossible, eventfailed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequentsub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other eventrecognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue totrack and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture.

In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 includes metadata183 with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate howthe event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to activelyinvolved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includesconfigurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how eventrecognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. Insome embodiments, metadata. 183 includes configurable properties, flags,and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varyinglevels in the view or programmatic hierarchy.

In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 activates eventhandler 190 associated with an event when one or more particularsub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respectiveevent recognizer 180 delivers event information associated with theevent to event handler 190. Activating an event handler 190 is distinctfrom sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view.In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 throws a flag associated withthe recognized event, and event handler 190 associated with the flagcatches the flag and performs a predefined process.

In some embodiments, event delivery instructions 188 include sub-eventdelivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-eventwithout activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event deliveryinstructions deliver event information to event handlers associated withthe series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlersassociated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved viewsreceive the event information and perform a predetermined process.

In some embodiments, data updater 176 creates and updates data used inapplication 136-1. For example, data updater 176 updates the telephonenumber used in contacts module 137, or stores a video file used in videoplayer module. In some embodiments, object updater 177 creates andupdates objects used in application 136-1. For example, object updater177 creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of auser-interface object, GUI updater 178 updates the GUI. For example, GUIupdater 178 prepares display information and sends it to graphics module132 for display on a touch-sensitive display.

In some embodiments, event handler(s) 190 includes or has access to dataupdater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178. In someembodiments, data updater 176, object updater 177, and. GUI updater 178are included in a single module of a respective application 136-1 orapplication view 191. In other embodiments, they are included in two ormore software modules.

It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding eventhandling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies toother forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices 100 withinput devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. Forexample, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinatedwith single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movementssuch as taps, drags, scrolls, etc. on touchpads; pen stylus inputs;movement of the device; oral instnictions; detected eye movements;biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilizedas inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to berecognized.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device 100 having a touchscreen 112 in accordance with some embodiments. The touch screenoptionally displays one or more graphics within user interface (UI) 200.In this embodiment, as well as others described below, a user is enabledto select one or more of the graphics by making a gesture on thegraphics, for example, with one or more fingers 202 (not drawn to scalein the figure) or one or more styluses 203 (not drawn to scale in thefigure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurswhen the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In someembodiments, the gesture optionally includes one or more taps, one ormore swipes (from left to right, right to left, upward and/or downward),and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, left to right, upwardand/or downward) that has made contact with device 100. In someimplementations or circumstances, inadvertent contact with a graphicdoes not select the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture that sweepsover an application icon optionally does not select the correspondingapplication when the gesture corresponding to selection is a tap.

Device 100 optionally also include one or more physical buttons, such as“home” or menu button 204. As described previously, menu button 204 is,optionally, used to navigate to any application 136 in a set ofapplications that are, optionally, executed on device 100.Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as asoft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen 112.

In some embodiments, device 100 includes touch screen 112, menu button204, push button 206 for powering the device on/off and locking thedevice, volume adjustment button(s) 208, subscriber identity module(SIM) card slot 210, headset jack 212, and docking/charging externalport 124. Push button 206 is, optionally, used to turn the power on/offon the device by depressing the button and holding the button in thedepressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device bydepressing the button and releasing the button before the predefinedtime interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate anunlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device 100 also acceptsverbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions throughmicrophone 113. Device 100 also, optionally, includes one or morecontact intensity sensors 165 for detecting intensity of contacts ontouch screen 112 and/or one or more tactile output generators 167 forgenerating tactile outputs for a user of device 100,

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with adisplay and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with someembodiments. Device 300 need not be portable. In some embodiments,device 300 is a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a tablet computer,a multimedia player device, a navigation device, an educational device(such as a child's learning toy), a gaming system, or a control device(e.g., a home or industrial controller). Device 300 typically includesone or more processing units (CPUs) 310, one or more network or othercommunications interfaces 360, memory 370, and one or more communicationbuses 320 for interconnecting these components. Communication buses 320optionally include circuitry (sometimes called a chipset) thatinterconnects and controls communications between system components.Device 300 includes input/output (I/O) interface 330 comprising display340, which is typically a touch screen display. I/O interface 330 alsooptionally includes a keyboard and/or mouse (or other pointing device)350 and touchpad 355, tactile output generator 357 for generatingtactile outputs on device 300 (e.g., similar to tactile outputgenerator(s) 167 described above with reference to FIG. 1A), sensors 359(e.g., optical, acceleration, proximity, touch-sensitive, and/or contactintensity sensors similar to contact intensity sensor(s) 165 describedabove with reference to FIG. 1A). Memory 370 includes high-speed randomaccess memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM, or other random access solidstate memory devices; and optionally includes non-volatile memory, suchas one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storagedevices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state storagedevices. Memory 370 optionally includes one or more storage devicesremotely located from CPU(s) 310. In some embodiments, memory 370 storesprograms, modules, and data structures analogous to the programs,modules, and data structures stored in memory 102 of portablemultifunction device 100 (FIG. 1A), or a subset thereof. Furthermore,memory 370 optionally stores additional programs, modules, and datastructures not present in memory 102 of portable multifunction device100. For example, memory 370 of device 300 optionally stores drawingmodule 380, presentation module 382, word processing module 384, websitecreation module 386, disk authoring module 388, and/or spreadsheetmodule 390, while memory 102 of portable multifunction device 100 (FIG.1A) optionally does not store these modules.

Each of the above-identified elements in FIG. 3 is, optionally, storedin one or more of the previously mentioned memory devices. Each of theabove-identified modules corresponds to a set of instructions forperforming a function described above. The above-identified modules orprograms (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented asseparate software programs, procedures, or modules, and thus varioussubsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwiserearranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory 370optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identifiedabove. Furthermore, memory 370 optionally stores additional modules anddata structures not described above.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces thatare, optionally, implemented on, for example, portable multifunctiondevice 100,

FIG. 4A illustrates an exemplary user interface for a menu ofapplications on portable multifunction device 100 in accordance withsome embodiments. Similar user interfaces are, optionally, implementedon device 300. In some embodiments, user interface 400 includes thefollowing elements, or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   Signal strength indicator(s) 402 for wireless communication(s),        such as cellular and Wi-Fi signals;    -   Time 404;    -   Bluetooth indicator 405;p    -   Battery status indicator 406;    -   Tray 408 with icons for frequently used applications, such as:        -   Icon 416 for telephone module 138, labeled “Phone,” which            optionally includes an indicator 414 of the number of missed            calls or voicemail messages;        -   Icon 418 for e-mail client module 140, labeled “Mail,” which            optionally includes an indicator 410 of the number of unread            e-mails;        -   Icon 420 for browser module 147, labeled “Browser;” and        -   Icon 422 for video and music player module 152, also            referred to as iPod (trademark of Apple Inc)module 152,            labeled “iPod;” and    -   Icons for other applications, such as:        -   Icon 424 for LM module 141, labeled “Messages;”        -   Icon 426 for calendar module 148, labeled “Calendar;”        -   Icon 428 for image management module 144, labeled “Photos;”        -   Icon 430 for camera module 143, labeled “Camera;”        -   Icon 432 for online video module 155, labeled “Online            Video;”        -   Icon 434 for stocks widget 149-2, labeled “Stocks;”        -   Icon 436 for map module 154, labeled “Maps;”        -   icon 438 for weather widget 149-1, labeled “Weather;”        -   Icon 440 for alarm clock widget 149-4, labeled “Clock;”        -   Icon 442 for workout support module 142, labeled “Workout            Support;”        -   Icon 444 for notes module 153, labeled “Notes;” and        -   Icon 446 for a settings application or module, labeled            “Settings,” which provides access to settings for device 100            and its various applications 136.

It should be noted that the icon labels illustrated in FIG. 4A aremerely exemplary. For example, icon 422 for video and music playermodule 152 is labeled “Music” or “Music Player.” Other labels are,optionally, used for various application icons. In some embodiments, alabel for a respective application icon includes a name of anapplication corresponding to the respective application icon. In someembodiments, a label for a particular application icon is distinct froma name of an application corresponding to the particular applicationicon.

FIG, 4B illustrates an exemplary user interface on a device (e.g.,device 300, FIG. 3) with a touch-sensitive surface 451 (e.g., a tabletor touchpad 355, FIG. 3) that is separate from the display 450 (e.g.,touch screen display 112). Device 300 also, optionally, includes one ormore contact intensity sensors (e.g., one or more of sensors 359) fordetecting intensity of contacts on touch-sensitive surface 451 and/orone or more tactile output generators 357 for generating tactile outputsfor a user of device 300.

Although some of the examples that follow will be given with referenceto inputs on touch screen display 112. (where the touch-sensitivesurface and the display are combined), in sonic embodiments, the devicedetects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from thedisplay, as shown in FIG. 413. In some embodiments, the touch-sensitivesurface (e.g., 451 in FIG. 4B) has a primary axis (e.g., 452 in FIG. 4B)that corresponds to a primary axis (e.g., 453 in FIG. 4B) on the display(e.g., 450). In accordance with these embodiments, the device detectscontacts (e.g., 460 and 462 in FIG. 4B) with the touch-sensitive surface451 at locations that correspond to respective locations on the display(e.g., in FIG. 4B, 460 corresponds to 468 and 462 corresponds to 470).In this way, user inputs (e.g., contacts 460 and 462, and movementsthereof) detected by the device on the touch-sensitive surface e.g,, 451in FIG. 4B) are used by the device to manipulate the user interface onthe display (e.g., 450 in FIG. 4B) of the multifunction device when thetouch-sensitive surface is separate from the display. It should beunderstood that similar methods are, optionally, used for other userinterfaces described herein.

Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily withreference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures,finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in someembodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with inputfrom another input device (e.g., a mouse-based input or stylus input).For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click(e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor alongthe path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). Asanother example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouseclick while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture(e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detectthe contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneouslydetected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are,optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are,optionally, used simultaneously.

FIG. 5A illustrates exemplary personal electronic device 500. Device 500includes body 502. In some embodiments, device 500 can include some orall of the features described with respect to devices 100 and 300 (e.g.,FIGS. 1A-4B), In some embodiments, device 500 has touch-sensitivedisplay screen 504, hereafter touch screen 504. Alternatively, or inaddition to touch screen 504, device 500 has a display and atouch-sensitive surface. As with devices 100 and 300, in someembodiments, touch screen 504 (or the touch-sensitive surface)optionally includes one or more intensity sensors for detectingintensity of contacts (e.g., touches) being applied. The one or moreintensity sensors of touch screen 504 (or the touch-sensitive surface)can provide output data that represents the intensity of touches. Theuser interface of device 500 can respond to touches based on theirintensity, meaning that touches of different intensities can invokedifferent user interface operations on device 500.

Exemplary techniques for detecting and processing touch intensity arefound, for example, in related applications: International PatentApplication Serial No. PCT/US2013/040061, titled “Device, Method, andGraphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface ObjectsCorresponding to an Application,” filed May 8, 2013, published as WIPOPublication No. WO/2013/169849, and International Patent ApplicationSerial No. PCT/US2013/069483, titled “Device, Method, and Graphical UserInterface for Transitioning Between Touch input to Display OutputRelationships,” filed Nov. 11, 2013, published as WIPO Publication No.WO/2014/105276, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference intheir entirety.

In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more input mechanisms 506 and508. Input mechanisms 506 and 508, if included, can be physical.Examples of physical input mechanisms include push buttons and rotatablemechanisms. In some embodiments, device 500 has one or more attachmentmechanisms. Such attachment mechanisms, if included, can permitattachment of device 500 with, for example, hats, eyewear, earrings,necklaces, shirts, jackets, bracelets, watch straps, chains, trousers,belts, shoes, purses, backpacks, and so forth. These attachmentmechanisms permit device 500 to be worn by a user.

FIG. 5B depicts exemplary personal electronic device 500. In someembodiments, device 500 can include some or all of the componentsdescribed with respect to FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 3. Device 500 has bus 512that operatively couples I/O section 514 with one or more computerprocessors 516 and memory 518. I/O section 514 can be connected todisplay 504, which can have touch-sensitive component 522 and,optionally, intensity sensor 524 (e.g., contact intensity sensor). Inaddition, I/O section 514 can be connected with communication unit 530for receiving application and operating system data, using Wi-Fi,Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), cellular, and/or otherwireless communication techniques. Device 500 can include inputmechanisms 506 and/or 508. Input mechanism 506 is, optionally, arotatable input device or a depressible and rotatable input device, forexample. Input mechanism 508 is, optionally, a button, in some examples.

Input mechanism 508 is, optionally, a microphone, in some examples.Personal electronic device 500 optionally includes various sensors, suchas GPS sensor 532, accelerometer 534, directional sensor 540 (e.g.,compass), gyroscope 536, motion sensor 538, and/or a combinationthereof, all of which can be operatively connected to I/O section 514.

Memory 518 of personal electronic device 500 can include one or morenon-transitory computer-readable storage mediums, for storingcomputer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or morecomputer processors 516, for example, can cause the computer processorsto perform the techniques described below, including processes 700 and900 (FIGS. 7A-7C and 9A-9B). A computer-readable storage medium can beany medium that can tangibly contain or store computer-executableinstructions for use by or in connection with the instruction executionsystem, apparatus, or device. In some examples, the storage medium is atransitory computer-readable storage medium. In some examples, thestorage medium is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include, but is notlimited to, magnetic, optical, and/or semiconductor storages. Examplesof such storage include magnetic disks, optical discs based on CD, DVD,or Blu-ray technologies, as well as persistent solid-state memory suchas flash, solid-state drives, and the like. Personal electronic device500 is not limited to the components and configuration of FIG. 5B, butcan include other or additional components in multiple configurations,

As used here, the term “affordance” refers to a user-interactivegraphical user interface object that is, optionally, displayed on thedisplay screen of devices 100, 300, and/or 500 (FIGS. 1A, 3, and 5A-5B).For example, an image (e.g., icon), a button, and text hyperlink) eachoptionally constitute an affordance.

As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input elementthat indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user isinteracting. In some implementations that include a cursor or otherlocation marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector” so that when aninput (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface(e.g., touchpad 355 in FIG. 3 or touch-sensitive surface 451 in FIG. 4B)while the cursor is over a particular user interface element a button,window, slider, or other user interface element), the particular userinterface element is adjusted in accordance with the detected input. Insome implementations that include a touch screen display (e.g.,touch-sensitive display system 112 in FIG. 1A or touch screen 112 inFIG. 4A) that enables direct interaction with user interface elements onthe touch screen display, a detected contact on the touch screen acts asa “focus selector” so that when an input (e.g., a press input by thecontact) is detected on the touch screen display at a location of aparticular user interface element (e.g., a button, window, slider, orother user interface element), the particular user interface element isadjusted in accordance with the detected input. In some implementations,focus is moved from one region of a user interface to another region ofthe user interface without corresponding movement of a cursor ormovement of a contact on a touch screen display (e.g., by using a tabkey or arrow keys to move focus from one button to another button); inthese implementations, the focus selector moves in accordance withmovement of focus between different regions of the user interface.Without regard to the specific form taken by the focus selector, thefocus selector is generally the user interface element (or contact on atouch screen display) that is controlled by the user so as tocommunicate the user's intended interaction with the user interface(e.g., by indicating, to the device, the element of the user interfacewith which the user is intending to interact). For example, the locationof a focus selector (e.g., a cursor, a contact, or a selection box) overa respective button while a press input is detected on thetouch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touchpad or touch screen) will indicatethat the user is intending to activate the respective button (as opposedto other user interface elements shown on a display of the device).

As used in the specification and claims, the term “characteristicintensity” of a contact refers to a characteristic of the contact basedon one or more intensities of the contact. In some embodiments, thecharacteristic intensity is based on multiple intensity samples. Thecharacteristic intensity is, optionally, based on a predefined number ofintensity samples, or a set of intensity samples collected during apredetermined time period (e.g., 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10seconds) relative to a predefined event (e.g., after detecting thecontact, prior to detecting liftoff of the contact, before or afterdetecting a start of movement of the contact, prior to detecting an endof the contact, before or after detecting an increase in intensity ofthe contact, and/or before or after detecting a decrease in intensity ofthe contact). A characteristic intensity of a contact is, optionally,based on one or more of: a maximum value of the intensities of thecontact, a mean value of the intensities of the contact, an averagevalue of the intensities of the contact, a top 10 percentile value ofthe intensities of the contact, a value at the half maximum of theintensities of the contact, a value at the 90 percent maximum of theintensities of the contact, or the like. In some embodiments, theduration of the contact is used in determining the characteristicintensity (e.g., when the characteristic intensity is an average of theintensity of the contact over time). In some embodiments, thecharacteristic intensity is compared to a set of one or more intensitythresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by auser. For example, the set of one or more intensity thresholdsoptionally includes a first intensity threshold and a second intensitythreshold. In this example, a contact with a characteristic intensitythat does not exceed the first threshold results in a first operation, acontact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the first intensitythreshold and does not exceed the second intensity threshold results ina second operation, and a contact with a characteristic intensity thatexceeds the second threshold results in a third operation. In someembodiments, a comparison between the characteristic intensity and oneor more thresholds is used to determine whether or not to perform one ormore operations (e.g., whether to perform a respective operation orforgo performing the respective operation), rather than being used todetermine whether to perform a first operation or a second operation.

In some embodiments, a portion of a gesture is identified for purposesof determining a characteristic intensity. For example, atouch-sensitive surface optionally receives a continuous swipe contacttransitioning from a start location and reaching an end location, atwhich point the intensity of the contact increases. In this example, thecharacteristic intensity of the contact at the end location is,optionally, based on only a portion of the continuous swipe contact, andnot the entire swipe contact (e.g., only the portion of the swipecontact at the end location). In some embodiments, a smoothing algorithmis, optionally, applied to the intensities of the swipe contact prior todetermining the characteristic intensity of the contact. For example,the smoothing algorithm optionally includes one or more of: anunweighted sliding-average smoothing algorithm, a triangular smoothingalgorithm, a median filter smoothing algorithm, and/or an exponentialsmoothing algorithm. In some circumstances, these smoothing algorithmseliminate narrow spikes or dips in the intensities of the swipe contactfor purposes of determining a characteristic intensity.

The intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface is,optionally, characterized relative to one or more intensity thresholds,such as a contact-detection intensity threshold, a light press intensitythreshold, a deep press intensity threshold, and/or one or more otherintensity thresholds. In some embodiments, the light press intensitythreshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will performoperations typically associated with clicking a button of a physicalmouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, the deep press intensitythreshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perforinoperations that are different from operations typically associated withclicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In someembodiments, when a contact is detected with a characteristic intensitybelow the light press intensity threshold (e.g., and above a nominalcontact-detection intensity threshold below which the contact is nolonger detected), the device will move a focus selector in accordancewith movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface withoutperforming an operation associated with the light press intensitythreshold or the deep press intensity threshold. Generally, unlessotherwise stated, these intensity thresholds are consistent betweendifferent sets of user interface figures.

An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensitybelow the light press intensity threshold to an intensity between thelight press intensity threshold and the deep press intensity thresholdis sometimes referred to as a “light press” input. An increase ofcharacteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the deeppress intensity threshold to an intensity above the deep press intensitythreshold is sometimes referred to as a “deep press” input. An increaseof characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below thecontact-detection intensity threshold to an intensity between thecontact-detection intensity threshold and the light press intensitythreshold is sometimes referred to as detecting the contact on thetouch-surface. A decrease of characteristic intensity of the contactfrom an intensity above the contact-detection intensity threshold to anintensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold is sometimesreferred to as detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-surface.In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold is zero.In some embodiments, the contact-detection intensity threshold isgreater than zero.

In some embodiments described herein, one or more operations areperformed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respectivepress input or in response to detecting the respective press inputperformed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), wherethe respective press input is detected based at least in part ondetecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality ofcontacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments,the respective operation is performed in response to detecting theincrease in intensity of the respective contact above the press-inputintensity threshold (e.g., a “down stroke” of the respective pressinput). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase inintensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensitythreshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact belowthe press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation isperformed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensityof the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., an “upstroke” of the respective press input).

In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoidaccidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines orselects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationshipto the press-input intensity threshold the hysteresis intensitythreshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensitythreshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90%, or somereasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, insome embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity ofthe respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and asubsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresisintensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensitythreshold, and the respective operation is performed in response todetecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contactbelow the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of therespective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press inputis detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of thecontact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity thresholdto an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and,optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to anintensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respectiveoperation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g.,the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity ofthe contact, depending on the circumstances)

For ease of explanation, the descriptions of operations performed inresponse to a press input associated with a press-input intensitythreshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are,optionally, triggered in response to detecting either: an increase inintensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, anincrease in intensity of a contact from an intensity below thehysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-inputintensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below thepress-input intensity threshold, and/or a decrease in intensity of thecontact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to thepress-input intensity threshold, Additionally, in examples where anoperation is described as being performed in response to detecting adecrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensitythreshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response todetecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresisintensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-inputintensity threshold.

FIGS. 5C-5E provide a set of sample tactile output patterns that may beused, either individually or in combination, either as is or through oneor more transformations (e.g., modulation, amplification, truncation,etc.), to create suitable haptic feedback in various scenarios and forvarious purposes, such as those mentioned above and those described withrespect to the user interfaces and methods discussed herein. Thisexample of a palette of tactile outputs shows how a set of threewaveforms and eight frequencies can be used to produce an array oftactile output patterns. In addition to the tactile output patternsshown in these figures, each of these tactile output patterns isoptionally adjusted in amplitude by changing a gain value for thetactile output pattern, as shown, for example for FullTap 80 Hz, FullTap200 Hz, MiniTap 80 Hz, MiniTap 200 Hz, MicroTap 80 Hz, and MicroTap 200Hz in FIGS. 5F-5H, which are each shown with variants having a gain of1.0, 0.75, 0.5, and 0.25. As shown in FIGS. 5F-5H, changing the gain ofa tactile output pattern changes the amplitude of the pattern withoutchanging the frequency of the pattern or changing the shape of thewaveform. In some embodiments, changing the frequency of a tactileoutput pattern also results in a lower amplitude as some tactile outputgenerators are limited by how much force can be applied to the moveablemass and thus higher frequency movements of the mass are constrained tolower amplitudes to ensure that the acceleration needed to create thewaveform does not require force outside of an operational force range ofthe tactile output generator (e.g., the peak amplitudes of the FullTapat 230 Hz, 270 Hz, and 300 Hz are lower than the amplitudes of theFullTap at 80 Hz, 100 Hz, 125 Hz, and 200 Hz).

FIGS. 5C-5H show tactile output patterns that have a particularwaveform. The waveform of a tactile output pattern represents thepattern of physical displacements relative to a neutral position (e.g.,Xzero) versus time that a moveable mass goes through to generate atactile output with that tactile output pattern. For example, a firstset of tactile output patterns shown in FIG. 4C (e.g., tactile outputpatterns of a “FullTap”) each have a waveform that includes anoscillation with two complete cycles (e.g., an oscillation that startsand ends in a neutral position and crosses the neutral position threetimes). A second set of tactile output patterns shown in FIG. 5D (e g.,tactile output patterns of a “MiniTap”) each have a waveform thatincludes an oscillation that includes one complete cycle (e.g., anoscillation that starts and ends in a neutral position and crosses theneutral position one time), A third set of tactile output patterns shownin FIG. 5E (e.g., tactile output patterns of a “MicroTap”) each have awaveform that includes an oscillation that include one half of acomplete cycle (e.g., an oscillation that starts and ends in a neutralposition and does not cross the neutral position). The waveform of atactile output pattern also includes a start buffer and an end bufferthat represent the gradual speeding up and slowing down of the moveablemass at the start and at the end of the tactile output. The examplewaveforms shown in FIGS. 5C-5H include Xmin and Xmax values whichrepresent the maximum and minimum extent of movement of the moveablemass. For larger electronic devices with larger moveable masses, theremay be larger or smaller minimum and maximum extents of movement of themass. The examples shown in FIGS. 5C-5H describe movement of a mass inone dimension, however similar principles would also apply to movementof a moveable mass in two or three dimensions.

As shown in FIGS. 5C-5E, each tactile output pattern also has acorresponding characteristic frequency that affects the “pitch” of ahaptic sensation that is felt by a user from a tactile output with thatcharacteristic frequency. For a continuous tactile output, thecharacteristic frequency represents the number of cycles that arecompleted within a given period of time (e.g., cycles per second) by themoveable mass of the tactile output generator. For a discrete tactileoutput, a discrete output signal (e.g., with 0.5, 1, or 2 cycles) isgenerated, and the characteristic frequency value specifies how fast themoveable mass needs to move to generate a tactile output with thatcharacteristic frequency. As shown in FIGS. 5C-5H, for each type oftactile output (e.g., as defined by a respective waveform, such asFullTap, MiniTap, or MicroTap), a higher frequency value corresponds tofaster movement(s) by the moveable mass, and hence, in general, ashorter time to complete the tactile output (e.g., including the time tocomplete the required number of cycle(s) for the discrete tactileoutput, plus a start and an end buffer time). For example, a FullTapwith a characteristic frequency of 80 Hz takes longer to complete thanFullTap with a characteristic frequency of 100 Hz (e.g., 35.4 ms vs.28.3 ms in FIG. 5C). In addition, for a given frequency, a tactileoutput with more cycles in its waveform at a respective frequency takeslonger to complete than a tactile output with fewer cycles its waveformat the same respective frequency. For example, a FullTap at 150 Hz takeslonger to complete than a MiniTap at 150 Hz (e.g., 19.4 ms vs. 12.8 ms),and a MiniTap at 150 Hz takes longer to complete than a MicroTap at 150Hz (e.g., 12.8 ms vs. 9.4 ms). However, for tactile output patterns withdifferent frequencies this rule may not apply (e.g., tactile outputswith more cycles but a higher frequency may take a shorter amount oftime to complete than tactile outputs with fewer cycles but a lowerfrequency, and vice versa). For example, at 300 Hz, a FullTap takes aslong as a MiniTap (e.g., 9.9 ms).

As shown in FIGS. 5C-5E, a tactile output pattern also has acharacteristic amplitude that affects the amount of energy that iscontained in a tactile signal, or a “strength” of a haptic sensationthat may be felt by a user through a tactile output with thatcharacteristic amplitude. In some embodiments, the characteristicamplitude of a tactile output pattern refers to an absolute ornormalized value that represents the maximum displacement of themoveable mass from a neutral position when generating the tactileoutput. In some embodiments, the characteristic amplitude of a tactileoutput pattern is adjustable, e.g., by a fixed or dynamically determinedgain factor (e.g., a value between 0 and 1), in accordance with variousconditions (e.g., customized based on user interface contexts andbehaviors) and/or preconfigured metrics (e.g., input-based metrics,and/or user-interface-based metrics). In some embodiments, aninput-based metric (e.g., an intensity-change metric or an input-speedmetric) measures a characteristic of an input (e.g., a rate of change ofa characteristic intensity of a contact in a press input or a rate ofmovement of the contact across a touch-sensitive surface) during theinput that triggers generation of a tactile output. In some embodiments,a user-interface-based metric (e.g., a speed-across-boundary metric)measures a characteristic of a user interface element (e.g., a speed ofmovement of the element across a hidden or visible boundary in a userinterface) during the user interface change that triggers generation ofthe tactile output. In some embodiments, the characteristic amplitude ofa tactile output pattern may be modulated by an “envelope” and the peaksof adjacent cycles may have different amplitudes, where one of thewaveforms shown above is further modified by multiplication by anenvelope parameter that changes over time (e.g., from 0 to 1) togradually adjust amplitude of portions of the tactile output over timeas the tactile Output is being generated.

Although specific frequencies, amplitudes, and waveforms are representedin the sample tactile output patterns in FIGS. 5C-5E for illustrativepurposes, tactile output patterns with other frequencies, amplitudes,and waveforms may be used for similar purposes. For example, waveformsthat have between 0.5 to 4 cycles can be used. Other frequencies in therange of 60 Hz-400 Hz may be used as well.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”)and associated processes that are implemented on an electronic device,such as portable multifunction device 100, device 300, or device 500.

FIGS. 6A-6P illustrate exemplary user interfaces for managing output ofa non-visual indication of a current time, in accordance with someembodiments. The user interfaces in these figures are used to illustratethe processes described below, including the processes in FIGS. 7A-7C.

FIG. 6A illustrates an electronic device 600 (e.g., similar tomultifunction device 100, device 300, or device 500 described above). Insome embodiments, electronic device 600 is a wearable electronic device(e.g., a smartwatch). Electronic device 600 has a display device 699(e.g., similar to display system 112 described above).

In FIG. 6A, electronic device 600 is displaying, on display device 699,a first watch face user interface 602 that includes a time userinterface element 604 (e.g., a clock face or dial) indicating thecurrent time (in this example, 10:09). In some embodiments, electronicdevice 600 includes and/or has access to a plurality of watch face userinterfaces that can be selected to display the current time onelectronic device 600. In some embodiments, a respective watch face userinterface of the plurality of watch face user interfaces are differentfrom one another based on the design, style, and/or layout of therespective watch face user interface, as described in greater detailbelow. In some embodiments first watch face user interface 602 includesone or more menu items (e.g., calendar menu item 606) corresponding toone or more applications (e.g., a calendar application) that areinstalled on electronic device 600.

In FIG. 6A, silent mode is deactivated on electronic device 600 (e.g.,such that audio outputs corresponding to notifications and/or othertypes of alerts and feedback are not suppressed). While silent mode isdeactivated on electronic device 600 and while displaying first watchface user interface 602 with time user interface element indicating thecurrent time (in this example, 10:09), electronic device 600 detects,via display device 699, an input 601. In some embodiments, input 601 isa two-finger tap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input ondisplay device 699, where the two-finger input is maintained on displaydevice 699 for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds).

In FIG. 6B, in response to detecting input 601 (while silent mode isdeactivated on and electronic device 600 is displaying first watch faceuser interface 602), electronic device 600 generates (e.g., via one ormore speakers of electronic device 600, such as speaker 111) an audiooutput 608 that corresponds to a verbal utterance (e.g., an audiorepresentation of one or more words (e.g., using a synthetic voice)) ofthe current time (in this example, 10:09) in a first type of voice(e.g., a voice having a certain accent, timbre, vocal register). in someembodiments, audio output 608 is uttered on an hour-and-minute basis (inthis example, “ten oh nine”).

FIG. 6C illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display 699, acontrol user interface 610 (e.g., a user interface of a control center).In some embodiments, control user interface 610 includes a plurality ofcontrol mode affordances for activating or deactivating a control ofelectronic device 600 (e.g., WiFi mode, vibration mode, power reservemode, silent mode, do not disturb mode, walkie-talkie mode), including asilent mode control affordance 612. As previously mentioned, silent modeis deactivated on electronic device 600 (e.g., such that audio outputscorresponding to notifications and/or other types of alerts and feedbackare not suppressed). In some embodiments, electronic device 600 displayssilent mode control affordance 612 with a first visual characteristic(e.g., a symbol, such as a bell symbol, displayed on the affordance)when silent mode is deactivated on electronic device 600,

In FIG. 6C, while displaying control user interface 610, includingsilent mode control affordance 612, with silent mode deactivated,electronic device 600 detects, via display device 699, an input 603(e.g., a tap gesture, a tap input) on silent mode control affordance612.

In FIG. 6D, in response to detecting user activation of input 603 onsilent mode control affordance 612, electronic device 600 activatessilent mode on electronic device 600 (e.g., such that audio outputscorresponding to notifications and/or other types of alerts and feedbackare suppressed). In some embodiments, electronic device 600 displayssilent mode control affordance 612 with a second visual characteristicdifferent from the first visual characteristic (e.g., the symbol, suchas the bell symbol, crossed out on the affordance; a shading of theaffordance).

FIG. 6E illustrates electronic device 600 again displaying, on displaydevice 699, first watch face user interface 602 while silent mode isactivated on electronic device 600 and time user interface element 604indicating the current time (in this example, 10:09).

In FIG. 6E, while displaying first watch face user interface 602 withsilent mode activated, electronic device 600 detects, via display device699, an input 605 that is the same input type as input 601 describedabove with reference to FIG. 6A (e.g., a two-finger tap-and-hold inputor a two-finger press-and-hold input on display device 699, where thetwo-finger input is maintained on display device 699 for at least apredetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2 seconds, at least 0.3seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 6F, in response to detecting input 605 (while silent mode isactivated and electronic device 600 is displaying first watch face userinterface 602), electronic device 600 generates, via one or more tactileoutput generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167) of electronicdevice 600, a tactile output sequence 614 (e.g., a tactile timefeedback) that is indicative of the current time (in this example,10:09) without generating an audio output (e.g., without generatingaudio output 608),

In some embodiments, tactile output sequence 614 that is indicative ofthe current time (in this example, 10:09) comprises an hour-portion thatis determined based on an hour value of the current time, and/or aminute-portion that is determined based on a minute value of the currenttime. In some embodiments, the hour-portion includes a tens-placesubportion corresponding to a tens digit of the hour value of thecurrent time and/or a ones-place subportion corresponding to a onesdigit of the hour value of the current time. Similarly, in someembodiments, the minute-portion includes a tens-place subportioncorresponding to a tens digit of the minute value of the current timeand/or a ones-place subportion corresponding to a ones digit of theminute value of the current time.

In some embodiments, generating the hour-portion of tactile outputsequence 614 comprises generating one or more tens-hour-type tactileoutputs based on the tens-place subportion of the hour value (if thetens-place subportion of the hour value is applicable based on thecurrent time) and one or more ones-hour-type tactile outputs based onthe ones-place subportion of the hour value (if the ones-placesubportion of the hour value is applicable based on the current time).In some embodiments, a single tens-hour-type tactile output of tactileoutput sequence 614 is stronger (e.g., has a greater output intensity;has a greater magnitude and/or amplitude) and/or longer (e.g., has alonger duration) than a single ones-hour-type tactile output of tactileoutput sequence 614.

In some embodiments, generating the minute-portion of tactile outputsequence 614 comprises generating one or more tens-minute-type tactileoutputs based on the tens-place subportion of the minute value (if thetens-place subportion of the minute value is applicable based on thecurrent time) and one or more ones-minute-type tactile outputs based onthe ones-place subportion of the minute value (if the ones-placesubportion of the minute value is applicable based on the current time),In some embodiments, a single tens-minute-type tactile output of tactileoutput sequence 614 is stronger (e.g., has a greater output intensity;has a greater magnitude and/or amplitude) and/or longer (e.g., has alonger duration) than a single ones-minute-type tactile output oftactile output sequence 614. In some embodiments, both a singletens-hour-type tactile output of tactile output sequence 614 and asingle ones-hour-type tactile output of tactile output sequence 614 arestronger (e.g., has a greater output intensity; has a greater magnitudeand/or amplitude) and/or longer (e.g., has a longer duration) than botha single tens-minute-type tactile output of tactile output sequence 614and a single ones-minute-type tactile output of tactile output sequence614. Additional examples and formats for tactile output of time can befound in U.S. Pat. No. 10,156,904, issued Dec. 18, 2018, which isincorporated by reference in its entirety and, especially, for thedisclosure of FIGS. 6D-6I and the corresponding description.

In FIG. 6F, the output of 10:09 corresponds to a longer single outputrepresenting the hours (10) followed, after a pause, by nine shorteroutputs representing the minutes (9).

FIG. 6G illustrates electronic device 600 again displaying, on displaydevice 699, first watch face user interface 602 while silent mode isactivated on electronic device 600, as first depicted in FIG. 6E.

In FIG. 6G, while displaying first watch face user interface 602 withsilent mode activated, electronic device 600 detects, via display device699, an input 607 that is the same input type as inputs 601 and 605described above with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6E, respectively (e.g., atwo-finger tap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input ondisplay device 699, where the two-finger input is maintained on displaydevice 699 for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 6G, in response to detecting input 607 (while silent mode isactivated and electronic device 600 is displaying first watch face userinterface 602), electronic device 600 begins generating, via one or moretactile output generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167) ofelectronic device 600, tactile output sequence 614 that is indicative ofthe current time (in this example, 10:09).

In FIG. 6G, while generating tactile output sequence 614, electronicdevice 600 detects, via display device 699, an input 609. In someembodiments, input 609 corresponds to a two-finger tap gesture or tapinput on display device 699. In some embodiments, input 609 correspondsto a cover gesture (e.g., a gesture covering all of or at least aportion of display device 699) on display device 699. In someembodiments, in response to detecting input 609 while generating tactileoutput sequence 614, electronic device 600 ceases generating tactileoutput sequence 614. That is, in response to detecting input 609 afterhaving generated an initial portion of tactile output sequence 614,electronic device 600 forgoes generating a remaining portion of tactileoutput sequence 614. Thus, input 609 corresponds to an input thatenforces a ceasing or termination of tactile output sequence 614.

FIG. 6I illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, an application user interface 616 corresponding to an application(in this example, the calendar application) that is installed onelectronic device 600. In some embodiments, electronic device 600displays application user interface 616 corresponding to the application(in this example, the calendar application) in response to detecting aselection of a menu item (e.g., calendar menu item 606) displayed onfirst watch face user interface 602.

In FIG. 6I, application user interface 616 does not correspond to a typeof watch face user interface. In some embodiments, a watch face userinterface corresponds to a user interface that includes a time userinterface element (e.g., time user interface element 604) as the mainand/or central feature of the user interface (e.g., such that the timeuser interface element is (e,g., prominently) displayed at or near acenter region of display device 699 and/or covers a larger area of theuser interface than other user interface elements or objects displayedin the user interface; such that the main functional purpose of the userinterface is to display the current time). In some embodiments, firstapplication user interface 616 includes a mini-time user interfaceelement 618 that is displayed in a corner region (e.g., top-right cornerregion) of display device 699, but first application user interface 616does not correspond to a type of watch face user interface (e.g.,because mini-time user interface element 618 is not the main and centralfeature of the user interface and the main functional purpose of firstapplication user interface 616 is not to display the current time, butto display calendar information).

In FIG. 6I, while displaying application user interface 616, electronicdevice 600 detects, via display device 699, an input 611 that is thesame input type as inputs 601, 605, and 607 described above withreference to FIGS. 6A, 6E, and 6G, respectively (e.g., a two-fingertap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input on displaydevice 699, where the two-finger input is maintained on display device699 for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 6J, in response to detecting input 611 (and while displayingapplication user interface 616), electronic device 600 does not generatea non-visual output of time (e.g., an audio or tactile output sequence(e.g., does not generate tactile output sequence 614) that is indicativeof the current time (in this example, 10:09).

FIG. 6K illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, a second watch face user interface 620 that is a type of watch faceuser interface but is of a different type than (e.g., different in thedesign, style, and/or layout from) first watch face user interface 602.Second watch face user interface 620 includes a time user interfaceelement 622 (e.g., a clock face or dial) indicating the current time (inthis example, 10:09), Time user interface element 622 of second watchface user interface 620 is a different type of (e.g., is a differentcategory of) watch face user interface from has a different design,style, and/or layout from) time user interface element 604 of firstwatch face user interface 602. In some embodiments, two different watchface user interfaces are different types of watch face user interfacesif they respectively belong to different categories of watch face userinterface designs, styles, and/or layouts (e.g., a clock face ordial-style watch face user interface, a digital clock-style watch faceuser interface, a graphical character-based watch face user interface,an animation-based watch face user interface, an infographic watch faceuser interface, a photos-based watch face user interface). In thisexample, first watch user interface 602 corresponds to a clock face ordial-style watch face user interface, while second watch face userinterface 620 corresponds to a graphical character-based watch face userinterface.

In FIG. 6K, silent mode is deactivated on electronic device 600. Whilesilent mode is deactivated and while displaying second watch face userinterface 620, electronic device 600 detects an input 613 that is thesame input type as inputs 601, 605, 607, and 611 described above withreference to FIGS. 6A, 6E, 6G, and 6I, respectively (e.g., a two-fingertap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input on displaydevice 699, where the two-finger input is maintained on display device699 for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 6L, in response to detecting input 613 (while silent mode isdeactivated and while displaying second watch face user interface 620),electronic device 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakers ofelectronic device 600, such as speaker 111) an audio output 624 thatcorresponds to a verbal utterance of the current time (in this example,10:09) in a second type of voice that is different from the first typeof voice of audio output 608 described above with reference to FIG. 6B(e.g., a different sex, tone, and/or pitch of the voice). In someembodiments, audio output 624 is uttered on an hour-and-minute basis (inthis example, “ten oh nine”).

FIGS. 6M-6N illustrate an electronic device 600B that is a related butdifferent type of (e.g., a different model of; a different version of; adifferent size of) device as electronic device 600. In some embodiments,electronic device 600B is a wearable electronic device (e.g., asmartwatch). in some embodiments, electronic device 600B is running thesame operating system as electronic device 600.

In FIG. 6M, electronic device 600 is displaying, on a display device699B, first watch face user interface 602, including time user interfaceelement 604 (e.g., a clock face or dial) indicating the current time (inthis example, 10:09). As can be recognized by a comparison between FIG.6A and 6M, first watch face user interface 602 when displayed onelectronic device 600B is visually the same as (or very similar to)first watch face user interface 602 when displayed on electronic device600.

In FIG. 6M, while displaying first watch face user interface 602 andwhile silent mode is deactivated on electronic device 600B, electronicdevice 600B detects, via display device 699B, an input 615 that is thesame input type as inputs 601, 605, 607, 611, and 613 described abovewith reference to FIGS. 6A, 6E, 6G, 6I, and 6K, respectively (e.g., atwo-finger tap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input ondisplay device 699B, where the two-finger input is maintained on displaydevice 699B for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 614, in response to detecting input 615 (while displaying firstwatch face user interface 602 and while silent mode is deactivated),electronic device 600B generates (e.g., via one or more speakers ofelectronic device 600B, such as speaker 111) an audio output 626 thatcorresponds to a verbal utterance of the current time (in this example,10:09) in a third type of voice that is different from the first type ofvoice of audio output 608 described above with reference to FIG. 6B(e.g., a different sex, tone, and/or pitch of the voice) and differentfrom the second type of voice of audio output 624 described above withreference to FIG. 6L (e.g., a different sex, tone, and/or pitch for thevoice). In some embodiments, audio output 626 is uttered on anhour-and-minute basis (in this example, “ten oh nine”).

FIG. 6O again illustrates electronic device 600 displaying first watchface user interface 602 while silent mode is activated, as firstdescribed above with reference to FIGS. 6E-6F. In FIGS. 6E-6F, a tactileoutput speed setting of electronic device 600 was configured to be at afirst speed setting. In FIGS. 6O-6P, the tactile output speed setting ofelectronic device 600 is configured to be at a second speed setting thatis slower than the first speed setting. In some embodiments, the tactileoutput speed setting controls the time period (e.g., duration) betweenindividual tactile outputs within a tactile output sequence generated byelectronic device 600. For example, if the tactile output speed settingincreases, the time period between individual tactile outputs within atactile output sequence decreases such that the tactile output sequenceis, overall, generated more quickly by electronic device 600;conversely, if the tactile output speed setting decreases, the timeperiod between individual tactile outputs within a tactile outputsequence increases such that the tactile output sequence is, overall,generated more slowly by electronic device 600.

In FIG. 60, while displaying first watch face user interface 602, whilesilent mode is activated, and while the speed tactile output speedsetting is at the second speed setting, electronic device 600 detects,via display device 699, an input 617 that is the same input type asinputs 601, 605, 607, 611, 613, and 615 described above with referenceto FIGS. 6A, 6E, 6G, 6I, 6K, and 6M, respectively (e.g., a two-fingertap-and-hold input or a two-finger press-and-hold input on displaydevice 699, where the two-finger input is maintained on display device699 for at least a predetermined time period (e.g., at least 0.2seconds, at least 0.3 seconds, at least 0.5 seconds)).

In FIG. 6P, in response to detecting input 617 (while electronic device600 is displaying first watch face user interface 602, while silent modeis activated, and while the tactile output speed setting is at thesecond speed setting), electronic device 600 generates, via one or moretactile output generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167) ofelectronic device 600, a tactile output sequence 628 (e.g., a tactiletime feedback) that is indicative of the current time (in this example,10:09) without generating an audio output that is indicative of thecurrent time, where tactile output sequence 628 is generated such thatthe time period (e.g., duration) between individual tactile outputs intactile output sequence 628 is greater (e.g., longer) than the timeperiod between individual tactile outputs in tactile output sequence614. Thus, while both tactile output sequence 614 in FIG. 6F and tactileoutput sequence 628 in FIG. 6P both indicate the same current time (inthese examples, 10:09), the tactile output sequence 614 is generated ata faster pace than tactile output sequence 628.

FIGS. 7A-7C are a flow diagram illustrating a method for managing outputof a non-visual indication of a current time, in accordance with someembodiments. Method 700 is performed at an electronic device (e.g., 100,600, 600B, 300, 500) with one or more input devices, a first non-visualoutput device, (e.g., an audio speaker; a tactile output generator; ahaptic output generator) and a second non-visual output device (e.g., anon-visual output device different from the first non-visual outputdevice). In some embodiments, the electronic device is a wearableelectronic device (e.g., a smartwatch). Some operations in method 700are, optionally, combined, the orders of some operations are,optionally, changed, and some operations are, optionally, omitted.

As described below, method 700 provides an intuitive way for managingoutput of the current time. The method reduces the cognitive burden on auser for managing output of the current time, thereby creating a moreefficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computingdevices, enabling a user to manage output of the current time faster andmore efficiently conserves power and increases the time between batterycharges.

The electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) detects (702), via the one ormore input devices (e.g., 699), an input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613,615, 617; a set of contacts detected on a touch-sensitive surface of theelectronic device).

In response to detecting the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613, 615,617) (704), in accordance with a determination that the input meets aset of non-visual time output criteria (e.g., the input includes apredetermined number of contacts), the electronic device (e.g., 600,600B) initiates output (706) (e.g., partially outputting, withoutcompleting output) of a non-visual indication of a current time (e.g.,608, 614, 624, 626, 628). Initiating output of the non-visual indicationof the current time in response to detecting the input and in accordancewith a determination that the input meets a set of non-visual timeoutput criteria enables a user to conveniently request for an indicationof the current time. Performing an operation when a set of conditionshas been met without requiring further user input enhances theoperability of the device and makes the user-device interface moreefficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs andreducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device)which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life ofthe device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly andefficiently.

Initiating output of the non-visual indication of the current time(e.g., 608, 614, 624, 626, 628) includes, in accordance with adetermination that a first set of output type criteria are met (e.g.,that the device is configured to operate in a first mode (e.g., an audiooutput-enabled mode); the audio device is configured to operate in adefault mode (e.g., a mode in which audio output is not disabled)), theelectronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) initiating output (708), via thefirst non-visual output device, of a first type (e.g., an audioindication (e.g., a spoken indication of the current time); a tactile orhaptic indication) of non-visual indication of the current time (e.g.,608, 624, 626) (e.g., without outputting, via the second non-visualoutput device, a non-visual indication of the current time of the secondtype), Initiating output of the first type (e.g., an audio indication)of non-visual indication of the current time enables a user toconveniently request for and recognize the current time in a manner thatsuits the user's current situation or surroundings. Providing improvedfeedback enhances the operability of the device and makes theuser-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user toprovide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes whenoperating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

In response to detecting the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613, 615,617) (704), in accordance with a determination that the input meets aset of non-visual time output criteria the input includes apredetermined number of contacts), the electronic device (e.g., 600,600B) initiates output (706) (e.g., partially outputting, withoutcompleting output) of a non-visual indication of a current time (e.g,,608, 614, 624, 626, 628). Initiating output of the non-visual indicationof the current time in response to detecting the input and in accordancewith a determination that the input meets a set of non-visual timeoutput criteria enables a user to conveniently request for an indicationof the current time. Performing an operation when a set of conditionshas been met without requiring further user input enhances theoperability of the device and makes the user-device interface moreefficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs andreducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device)which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life ofthe device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly andefficiently.

Initiating output of the non-visual indication of the current time(e.g., 608, 614, 624, 626, 628) includes, in accordance with adetermination that a second set of output type criteria are met (e.g.,that the device is configured to operate in a second mode (e.g., anaudio output-disabled mode), the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B)initiating output (710), via the second non-visual output device, of asecond type of non-visual indication of the current time (e.g., 614,628), different from the first type of non-visual indication of thecurrent time (e.g., without outputting, via the first non-visual outputdevice, a non-visual indication of the current time of the first type).In some embodiments, the second set of output type criteria are met whenthe first set of output type criteria are not met. Initiating output ofthe second type (e.g., a haptic indication) of non-visual indication ofthe current time enables a user to conveniently request for andrecognize the current time in a manner that suits the user's currentsituation or surroundings. Providing improved feedback enhances theoperability of the device and makes the user-device interface moreefficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs andreducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device)which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life ofthe device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly andefficiently.

In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input (e.g., 601, 605,607, 611, 613, 615, 617) (704) (704), in accordance with a determinationthat the input does not meet the set of non-visual time output criteria,the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) forgoes initiating output (712)of the non-visual indication of the current time (e.g., forgoinginitiating output of any non-visual indication of the current time).Forgoing initiating the output of the non-visual indication of thecurrent time in accordance with a determination that the input does notmeet the set of non-visual time output criteria enables the electronicdevice to save power usage and thus improve battery life of the deviceby forgoing performing an unnecessary operation, thereby enhancing theoperability of the device and making the user-device interface moreefficient.

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) initiatingoutput of the non-visual indication of the current time (e.g., 608, 614,624, 626, 628) includes the electronic device completing (e.g,,completely outputting) the non-visual indication of the current time.

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 100) includes adisplay device (e.g., 699; a display device that includes atouch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display)). In someembodiments, the set of non-visual time output criteria includes acriterion that is met when the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613,615, 617) is received while the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) isdisplaying, via the display device (e.g., 699), a predetermined userinterface (e.g., 602, 620; watch interface; an interface that includesone or more elements that provide a visual indication of the currenttime). In some embodiments, the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613,615, 617) is a gesture (e.g., a two finger tap) on the touch-screendisplay while a watch face user interface is displayed. In someembodiments, when the input is detected while the electronic device(e.g., 600, 600B) is not displaying the predetermined user interface(e.g., 602, 620; displaying an application user interface or notdisplaying any user interface), the electronic device (e.g., 100)forgoes outputting the non-visual time output criteria. Forgoingoutputting the non-visual indication of the current time when the inputis detected while the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) is notdisplaying the predetermined user interface enables the electronicdevice to save power usage and thus improve battery life of the deviceby forgoing performing an unnecessary operation, thereby enhancing theoperability of the device and making the user-device interface moreefficient.

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) includes atouch-sensitive surface (e.g., 699; a touch-screen display). In someembodiments, the set of non-visual time output criteria includes acriterion that is met when the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613,615, 617) is a touch gesture including a predetermined number ofcontacts that is detected on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., atwo-finger tap gesture). In some embodiments, the predetermined numberof contacts is a single contact. In sonic embodiments, the predeterminednumber of contacts is two contacts. In some embodiments, thepredetermined number of contacts is two or more contacts.

In some embodiments, the first non-visual output device is a tactileoutput device. In some embodiments, the first type of non-visualindication of the current time is a tactile output that indicates thecurrent time (e.g., 614, 628). In some embodiments, the first set ofoutput type criteria includes a criterion that is met when theelectronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) is currently configured (e.g., iscurrently in a mode) to suppress (e.g., forgo from issuing) audiooutputs. in sonic embodiments, the electronic device (e,g., 600, 600B)is currently in a silent mode (e.g., manually set to be in the silentmode, automatically set to be in the silent mode (e.g., a preset orprescheduled do not disturb mode of operation)) which causes the deviceto forgo generating audio alerts for notifications and system eventsthat would be generated when the device is not configured to suppressaudio outputs. Automatically forgoing generating audio alerts for thecurrent time and instead providing a tactile output for the current timewhen the electronic device is in silent mode enhances user convenienceby providing feedback of the current time to the user in a manner thatbest suits the user's current situation and/or surroundings. Providingimproved feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes theuser-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user toprovide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes whenoperating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

In some embodiments, the first non-visual output device is an audiooutput device (e.g., a speaker device; an electroacoustic transducer).In some embodiments, the first type of non-visual indication of thecurrent time is an audio representation of one or more words (e.g., arecorded utterance (e.g., human utterance in a predetermined language);a synthetic utterance)) indicating the current time (e.g., 608, 624,626).

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) includes adisplay device (e.g., 699). In some embodiments, the electronic device(e.g., 600, 600B) initiating output of the audio representation of oneor more words indicating the current time (e.g., 608, 624, 646)includes, in accordance with a determination that the electronic deviceis currently configured to display (e.g., configured to display uponoccurrence of a condition that corresponds to a trigger for displaying awatch face), via the display device (e.g., 699), a first watch face(e.g., 602), the electronic device initiating output of the audiorepresentation of one or more words using a first voice (e.g., a firstselected recorded voice; a first selected synthetic voice (e.g., asynthetic voice having a low pitch range; a synthetic voice having afast delivery pace)). In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g.,600, 600B) initiating output of the audio representation of one or morewords indicating the current time (e.g., 608, 624, 626) includes, inaccordance with a determination that the electronic device is currentlyconfigured to display (e.g., configured to display upon occurrence of acondition that corresponds to a trigger for displaying a watch face),via the display device (e,g., 699), a second watch face (e.g., 620) thatis different from the first watch face, initiating output of the audiorepresentation of one or more words using a second voice (e.g., a secondselected recorded voice; a second selected synthetic voice (e.g., asynthetic voice having a high pitch range; a synthetic voice having aslow delivery pace)) that is different from the first voice. Usingdifferent voices for the audio representations based on the type of thedisplayed watch face enables a user to change the type of voice used forthe audio representations if desired. Providing additional controloptions without cluttering the UI with additional displayed controlsenhances the operability of the device and makes the user-deviceinterface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide properinputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with thedevice) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves batterylife of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quicklyand efficiently.

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) initiatingoutput of the audio representation of one or more words indicating thecurrent time (e.g., 608, 624, 626) includes, in accordance with adetermination that the electronic device has a first hardwareconfiguration (e.g., hardware specification (e.g., a specific audiooutput device configuration (e.g., an audio output device capable ofoutputting a first type of utterance); a specific processorconfiguration), the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) initiatingoutput of the audio representation of one or more words using a thirdvoice (e.g., a first selected recorded voice; a first selected syntheticvoice (e.g., a synthetic voice having a low pitch range; a syntheticvoice having a fast delivery pace)). in some embodiments, the electronicdevice 600B) initiating output of the audio representation of one ormore words indicating the current time (e.g., 608, 624, 626) includes,in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has asecond hardware configuration (e.g., an audio output device that is notcapable of outputting a specific type of utterance) that is differentfrom the first hardware configuration, the electronic device (e.g.,600B) initiating output of the audio representation of one or more wordsusing a fourth voice (e.g., a second selected recorded voice; a secondselected synthetic voice (e.g., a synthetic voice having a high pitchrange; a synthetic voice having a slow delivery pace)) that is differentfrom the third voice.

In some embodiments, after initiating output of the non-visualindication of the current time (e.g., 608, 614, 624, 626, 628) and priorto completing output of the non-visual indication of the current time(e.g., while output of the non-visual indication of the current time isongoing), the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) detects (714) a secondinput (e.g., 609; a gesture detected on a touch-screen display of theelectronic device (e.g., a specific gesture configured to interruptoutputs; a repeat of the first input; a cessation of the first input,when the first input is a continuous gesture); an input detected via oneor more motion sensors of the device indicating motion of the device ina predefined manner (e.g., the device being turned into a downwardorientation)), the second input corresponding to a request to interruptoutputting of the non-visual indication of the current time. In someembodiments, in response to detecting the second input (e.g., 609), theelectronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) ceases to output (716) (e.g.,ceasing to output prior to the completion of output) the non-visualindication of the current time (e.g., 608, 614, 624, 626, 628) beforecompleting output of the non-visual indication of the current time(e.g., sending an instruction to the first and/or the second non-visualoutput device to cease output). Ceasing to output the non-visualindication of the current time in response to detecting the second inputenables a user to quickly and easily stop a non-visual indication (e.g.,an audio output) that is being generated. Providing additional controloptions without cluttering the UI with additional displayed controlsenhances the operability of the device and makes the user-deviceinterface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide properinputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with thedevice) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves batterylife of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quicklyand efficiently.

In some embodiments, the second non-visual output device is a tactileoutput device (e.g., a tactile output generator). In some embodiments,the second type of non-visual indication of the current time is atactile output (e.g., a tactile output pattern) indicating the currenttime (e.g., 614, 628).

In some embodiments, initiating output of the second type of non-visualindication of the current time includes initiating the tactile output ofthe current time (e.g., 614, 628) at a first speed (718) (e.g., thetactile output includes a series of tactile output elements outputted ata first frequency). In some embodiments, after initiating the tactileoutput of the current time (e.g., 614, 628) at the first speed, theelectronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) detects (720) a set of one or moreinputs corresponding to a request to adjust the speed of tactile outputsindicating the current time (e.g., a set of inputs that includeinteracting with a tactile output speed adjustment user interface). Insome embodiments, in response to receiving the set of one or moreinputs, the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) adjusts (722) a speed oftactile outputs indicating the current time (e.g., 614, 628) from beingconfigured to output at the first speed to being configured to output ata second speed that is different from the first speed (e,g., a slowerspeed, a reduced frequency of output of a series of tactile outputelements that form the tactile output indicating the current time). insome embodiments, after receiving the set of one or more inputs, theelectronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) detects (724) a third inputcorresponding to request to output a tactile output indicating thecurrent time (e.g., 614, 628). In some embodiments, in response todetecting the third input, the electronic device (e.g., 100) initiates(726) a second instance of a tactile output of the current time (e.g.,614, 628) at the second speed. Enabling a user to change the speed atwhich a tactile output is generated allows the user to manipulate theoutput speed such that the user can more easily understand and/orrecognize the current time based on the provided output. Providingimproved feedback enhances the operability of the device and makes theuser-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user toprovide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes whenoperating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

In some embodiments, the electronic device (e.g., 100) includes atouch-sensitive surface (e.g., 699), the input (e.g., 601, 605, 607,611, 613, 615, 617) including one or more contacts detected on thetouch-sensitive surface (728). In some embodiments, after initiatingoutput of the non-visual indication of the current time (e.g., 608, 614,624, 626, 628) and prior to completing output of the non-visualindication of the current time (e.g., while output of the non-visualindication of the current time is ongoing), the electronic device (e.g.,600, 600B) detects (730) that the one or more contacts are no longerdetected on the touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, afterdetecting that the one or more contacts (e.g., 601, 605, 607, 611, 613,615. 617) are no longer detected on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g.,699), the electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) completes output (732) ofthe non-visual indication of the current time. in some embodiments, inresponse to detecting that the one or more contacts are no longerdetected on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., 699), the electronicdevice (e.g., 600, 600B) completes (e.g., forgoes ceasing of the output)output of the non-visual indication of the current time 608, 614, 624,626, 628),

Note that details of the processes described above with respect tomethod 700 (e.g., FIGS. 7A-7C) are also applicable in an analogousmanner to the methods described below, For example, method 900optionally includes one or more of the characteristics of the variousmethods described above with reference to method 700. For example, theinput causing an electronic device (e.g., 600, 600B) to generate anaudio output (e.g., 608, 624, 626) and/or a tactile output sequence(e.g., 614, 628) that are indicative of a current time described inmethod 700 can be included in method 900 to enable a user to quickly andeasily request for the current time at any time using the electronicdevice. For brevity, these details are not repeated below.

FIGS. 8A-8H illustrate exemplary user interfaces for managing output ofa non-visual alert at a predetermined time(s), in accordance with someembodiments. The user interfaces in these figures are used to illustratethe processes described below, including the processes in FIGS. 9A-9B,

FIG. 8A illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, a third watch face user interface 802 that is a different type ofwatch face user interface from first watch face user interface 602(first described above with reference to FIG. 6A) and second watch faceuser interface 620 (first described above with reference to FIG. 6K).Third watch face user interface 802 includes a time user interfaceelement 804 (e.g., a digital clock) indicating the current time (in thisexample, 10:59), In some embodiments, silent mode is deactivated onelectronic device 600. In FIG. 8A, the current time is a first time (inthis example, 10:59), as indicated by time user interface element 804 ofthird watch face user interface 802.

In FIG. 8B, the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) a secondtime (in this example, 11:00:00) that corresponds to one of a first setof predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour), as indicated bytime user interface element 804 of third watch face user interface 802.

In some embodiments, while displaying third watch face user interface802, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the second time(in this example, 11:00:00), where the second time corresponds to one ofthe first set of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour),electronic device 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakers ofelectronic device 600, such as speaker 111) a first type of audionotification output 806 (e.g., a first type of notification tone; afirst type of bell sound; a first type of ring sound; a tonecorresponding to a first musical note).

In some embodiments, while displaying third watch face user interface802, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time is now (e.g., has reached, has turned to, haschanged to) the second time (in this example, 11:00:00), where thesecond time corresponds to the first set of predetermined times (e.g.,the top of every hour), electronic device 600 generates (e.g., inaddition to and/or alternatively to first type of audio notificationoutput 806), via one or more tactile output generators (e.g., tactileoutput generators 167) of electronic device 600, a tactile outputsequence 808 (e.g., a haptic notification).

FIG. 8C illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, first watch face user interface 602, where first watch face userinterface 602 is a different type of (e.g., a different category of)watch face user interface from third watch face user interface 802. Insome embodiments, first watch face user interface 602 and third watchface user interface 802 are different types of (e.g., are not similar)watch face user interfaces when they respectively belong to differentcategories of watch face user interface designs, styles, and/or layouts(e.g., a clock face or dial-style watch face user interface, a digitalclock-style watch face user interface, a graphical character-based watchface user interface, an animation-based watch face user interface, aninfographic watch face user interface, a photos-based watch face userinterface). In some embodiments, silent mode is deactivated onelectronic device 600, In FIG. 8C, the current time is the first time,as indicated by time user interface element 604 of first watch face userinterface 602.

In FIG. 8D, the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) thesecond time (in this example, 11:00:00), where the second timecorresponds to one of the first set of predetermined times (e.g., thetop of every hour), as indicated by time user interface element 604 offirst watch face user interface 602. As discussed, in some embodiments,first watch face user interface 602 is a different type of (e.g., is adifferent category of) watch face user interface from third watch faceuser interface 802.

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the second time(in this example, 11:00:00), where the second time is one of the firstset of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour), electronicdevice 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakers of electronicdevice 600, such as speaker 111) a second type of audio notificationoutput 810 (e.g., a second type of notification tone; a second type ofbell sound; a second type of ring sound), where second type of audionotification output 810 is different from first type of audionotification output 806 (e.g., a different notification tone as comparedto 806; a different bell sound; a different ring sound; a differentmusical note).

Thus, in some embodiments, electronic device 600 generates a differenttype of audio notification output (e.g., first type of audionotification output 806 or second type of audio notification output 810)in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determination thatthe current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) a time thatcorresponds to one of the first set of predetermined times (e.g., thetop of every hour) based on whether electronic device 600 is displayingfirst watch face user interface 602 or third watch face user interface802. That is, in some embodiments, the type of audio notification output(e.g., first type of audio notification output 806 or second type ofaudio notification output 810) that is generated by electronic device600 is based on the type of watch face user interface that is beingdisplayed by electronic device 600.

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the second time(in this example, 11:00:00), where the second time is one of the firstset of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour), electronicdevice 600 generates (e.g., in addition to and/or alternatively tosecond type of audio notification output 810), via one or more tactileoutput generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167) of electronicdevice 600, tactile output sequence 808 (e.g., a haptic notification).

Thus, in some embodiments, electronic device 600 generates the sametactile output sequence (e.g., tactile output sequence 808) in responseto detecting and/or in accordance with a determination that the currenttime has reached (e.g., has turned to) a time that corresponds to one ofthe first set of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour)irrespective of whether electronic device 600 is displaying first watchface user interface 602, as in FIG. 8D, or third watch face userinterface 802, as in FIG. 8B. That is, in some embodiments, electronicdevice 600 generates the same type of tactile output sequence (e.g.,tactile output sequence 808) in response to detecting and/or inaccordance with a determination that the current time has reached (e.g.,has turned to) a time that corresponds to one of the first set ofpredetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour) irrespective of thetype of (e.g., category of) watch face user interface that is beingdisplayed by electronic device 600.

FIG. 8E illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, first watch face user interface 602 while the current time hasreached (e.g., has turned to) a third time (in this example, 12:00:00),where the third time corresponds to one of the first set ofpredetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour).

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the third time(in this example, 12:00:00), where the third time is one of the firstset of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour), electronicdevice 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakers of electronicdevice 600, such as speaker 111) second type of audio notificationoutput 810 (e.g., the second type of notification tone; the second typeof bell sound; the second type of ring sound). In FIGS. 8D and 8E,because the second time (in the example of FIG. 8D, 11:00:00) and thethird time (in the example of FIG. 8E, 12:00:00) both correspond to atime that is one of the first set of predetermined times (e.g., the topof every hour), and because electronic device 600 is displaying the samewatch face user interface (e.g., first watch face user interface 602),electronic device 600 generates the same type of audio notificationoutput (e.g., second type of audio notification output 810).

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the third time,where the third time corresponds to one of the first set ofpredetermined times (e,g., the top of every hour), electronic device 600generates (e,g., in addition to and/or alternatively to second type ofaudio notification output 810), via one or more tactile outputgenerators (e.g., tactile output generators 167) of electronic device600, tactile output sequence 808 (e.g., a haptic notification).

In FIG. 8F, the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) a fourthtime (in this example, 12:30:00), where the fourth time corresponds toone of a second set of predetermined times (e.g., the bottom of everyhour).

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time is now (e.g., has reached, has turned to, haschanged to) the fourth time (in this example, 12:30:00), where thefourth time is one of the second set of predetermined times (e.g., thebottom of every hour), electronic device 600 generates (e.g., via one ormore speakers of electronic device 600, such as speaker 111) a thirdtype of audio notification output 812 (e.g., a third type ofnotification tone; a third type of bell sound; a third type of ringsound) that is different from second type of audio notification output810. In FIGS. 8E and 8F, while electronic device 600 is displaying thesame watch face user interface (e.g., first watch face user interface602), because the third time (in the example of FIG. 8E, 12:00:00) andthe fourth time (in the example of FIG. 8F, 12:30:00) correspond to oneof the first set of predetermined times and one of the second set ofpredetermined times, respectively, and thus do not correspond to thesame set of predetermined times, electronic device 600 generatesdifferent types of audio notification outputs (e.g., second type ofaudio notification output 810 in FIG. 8E and third type of audionotification output 812 in FIG. 8F).

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the fourth time(in this example, 12:30:00), where the fourth time corresponds to one ofthe second set of predetermined times (e.g., the bottom of every hour),electronic device 600 generates (e.g., in addition to and/oralternatively to second type of audio notification output 812), via oneor more tactile output generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167)of electronic device 600, tactile output sequence 808 (e.g., a hapticnotification).

FIG. 8G illustrates electronic device 600 displaying, on display device699, a fourth watch face user interface 814 having a time user interfaceelement 816 when the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) thefourth time (in this example, 12:00:00), where the fourth timecorresponds to one of the first set of predetermined times (e.g., thetop of every hour), as in FIG. 8E.

In some embodiments, fourth watch face user interface 814 is a similartype of (e.g., the same category of) watch face user interface to firstwatch face user interface 602. In some embodiments, fourth watch faceuser interface 814 and first watch face user interface 602 are similartypes of watch face user interfaces when they both belong to the samecategory of watch face user interface designs, styles, and/or layouts(e.g., a clock face or dial-style watch face user interface, a digitalclock-style watch face user interface, a graphical character-based watchface user interface, an animation-based watch face user interface, aninfographic watch face user interface, a photos-based watch face userinterface). For example, fourth watch face user interface 814 and firstwatch face user interface 602 are similar watch face user interfacesbecause time user interface element 816 of fourth watch face userinterface 814 and time user interface element 604 of first watch faceuser interface 602 are both of a category corresponding to clock face ordial-style watch face user interfaces.

In some embodiments, while displaying fourth watch face user interface814, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time is (e.g., has reached, has turned to, has changedto) the third time (in this example, 12:00:00), where the third time isone of the first set of predetermined times (e.g., the top of everyhour), electronic device 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakersof electronic device 600, such as speaker 111) second type of audionotification output 810 (e.g., the second type of notification tone; thesecond type of bell sound; the second type of ring sound). In FIGS. 8Eand 8G, because the current time has turned to the third time (in theexample of FIGS. 8E and 8G. 12:00:00), where the third time is one ofthe first set of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour), andbecause electronic device 600 is displaying similar watch face userinterfaces (e.g., first watch face user interface 602 in FIG. 8E andfourth watch face user interface in FIG. 8G), electronic device 600generates the same type of audio notification output (e.g,, second typeof audio notification output 810) in both FIGS. 8E and 8G.

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the third time(in this example, 12:00:00), where the third time corresponds to one ofthe first set of predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour),electronic device 600 generates (e.g., in addition to and/oralternatively to second type of audio notification output 810), via oneor more tactile output generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167)of electronic device 600, tactile output sequence 808 (e.g., a hapticnotification).

In FIG. 8H, the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) thefourth time (in this example, 12:30:00), where the fourth timecorresponds to one of the second set of predetermined times the bottomof every hour), as in FIG. 8F.

In some embodiments, while displaying fourth watch face user interface814, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the fourth time(in this example, 12:30:00), where the fourth time is one of the secondset of predetermined times (e.g., the bottom of every hour), electronicdevice 600 generates (e.g., via one or more speakers of electronicdevice 600, such as speaker 111) third type of audio notification output812 (e.g., the third type of notification tone; the third type of bellsound; the third type of ring sound). In FIGS. 8F and 8H, because thecurrent time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the fourth time (in theexamples of FIGS. 8F and 8H, 12:30:00), where the fourth time is one ofthe second set of predetermined times (e.g., the bottom of every hour),and because electronic device 600 is displaying similar watch face userinterfaces first watch face user interface 602 in FIG. 8F and fourthwatch face user interface in FIG. 8H), electronic device 600 generatesthe same type of audio notification output (e.g., third type of audionotification output 812) in both FIGS. 8F and 8G.

In some embodiments, while displaying first watch face user interface602, in response to detecting and/or in accordance with a determinationthat the current time has reached (e.g., has turned to) the fourth time(in this example, 12:30:00), where the fourth time corresponds to one ofthe second set of predetermined times (e.g., the bottom of every hour),electronic device 600 generates (e.g., in addition to and/oralternatively to third type of audio notification output 812), via oneor more tactile output generators (e.g., tactile output generators 167)of electronic device 600, tactile output sequence 808 (e.g,, a hapticnotification).

FIGS, 9A-9B are a flow diagram illustrating a method for managing outputof a non-visual alert at a predetermined time(s), in accordance withsome embodiments. Method 900 is performed at an electronic device (e.g.,100, 600, 600B, 300, 500) with one or more non-visual output devices(e.g., an audio speaker; a tactile output generator; a haptic outputgenerator) and a display device. In some embodiments, the electronicdevice is a wearable electronic device (e.g., a smartwatch). Someoperations in method 900 are, optionally, combined, the orders of someoperations are, optionally, changed, and some operations are,optionally, omitted.

As described below, method 900 provides an intuitive way for managingoutput of the current time. The method reduces the cognitive burden on auser for managing output of the current time, thereby creating a moreefficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated computingdevices, enabling a user to manage output of the current time faster andmore efficiently conserves power and increases the time between batterycharges.

The electronic device (e.g., 600) detects (902) that a current time hasreached (e.g., is equal to) a first predetermined time of a set of oneor more predetermined times (e.g., the top of every hour (e.g., 12 PM, 1PM), the bottom of every hour (e.g., 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM)),

In response to detecting that the current time has reached the firstpredetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times (904),in accordance with a determination that the electronic device (e.g.,600) is currently configured to display (e.g., configured to displayupon occurrence of a condition that corresponds to a trigger fordisplaying a watch face), via the display device (e.g., 699), a firstwatch face (e.g., 602, 802, 814), the electronic device outputs (924),via the one or more non-visual output devices, a first non-visual alert(e.g., 806, 808, 810, 812; a set or series of one or more audio tonesand/or a set or series of one or more tactile outputs). By (e.g.,automatically) outputting the first non-visual alert in response todetecting that the current time has reached the first predetermined timeof the set of one or more predetermined times if the electronic deviceis displaying the first watch face, the electronic device performs anoperation when a set of conditions has been met without requiringfurther user input, which in turn enhances the operability of the deviceand makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping theuser to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes whenoperating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently. in some embodiments, ifthe display device (e.g., 699) of the electronic device (e.g., 600) wasin an off state, outputting the first non-visual alert does not causethe electronic device to activate, enable, or other cause the displaydevice to change to an on state.

In some embodiments, the one or more non-visual output devices includesan audio output device (e.g., a speaker device; an electroacoustictransducer). In some embodiments, the first non-visual alert (e.g., 806,810, 812) includes an audio alert component (e.g., a musical tone). Insome embodiments, an audio alert is only issued when the electronicdevice (e.g., 600) is not muted/in a silent mode. Issuing the audioalert only when the electronic device is not in a muted or silent modeenables the electronic device to reduce power usage and thus improvebattery life of the device, thereby enhancing the operability of thedevice and making the user-device interface more efficient. Further,issuing the audio alert only when the electronic device is not in amuted or silent mode does not inconvenience a user when the user'scurrent situation and/or surrounds are not suited for audio alerts.Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of the device andmakes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping theuser to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes whenoperating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

In some embodiments, the one or more non-visual output devices includesa tactile output device (e.g., a tactile output generator) (906). Insome embodiments, the first non-visual alert (e.g., 808) includes atactile alert component (908). In some embodiments, the alert includes atactile alert component irrespective of whether the electronic device(e.g., 600) is muted/in a silent mode, In some embodiments, thenon-visual alert (e.g., 806, 808, 810, 812) includes both an audio andtactile alert component (e.g., when the electronic device is notmuted/in a silent mode). including a tactile alert component in thefirst non-visual alert enables a user to recognize or be hinted at ofthe current time even when audio alerts are disabled on the electronicdevice. Providing improved feedback enhances the operability of thedevice and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., byhelping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakeswhen operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

In response to detecting that the current time has reached the firstpredetermined time of the set of one or more predetermined times (904),in accordance with a determination that the electronic device (e.g.,600) is currently configured to display configured to display uponoccurrence of a condition that corresponds to trigger for displaying awatch face and/or currently displaying a watch face), via the displaydevice (e.g., 699), a second watch face (e.g., 802) that is differentfrom the first watch face (e.g., 602; the second watch face includes atleast a first watch face element (e.g., user interface element) that isnot included in the first watch face), the electronic device outputs(926), via the one or more non-visual output devices, a secondnon-visual alert (e.g., 806; a set or series of one or more audio tonesand/or a set or series of one or more tactile outputs) that is differentfrom the first non-visual alert (e.g., 810; the second non-visual alertis a different set or series of one or more audio tones). In someembodiments, the first and second non-visual alerts (e.g., 806, 810) area series of audio tones (e.g., a tune or a set of notes) that areselected to be harmonious/harmonically compatible (e.g., not dissonant),when outputted simultaneously (e.g., outputted simultaneously bydifferent electronic devices at the same location)). Providing differenttypes of non-visual alerts (e.g., different types of audio tones) basedon the type of displayed watch face enables a user to change and controlthe type of non-visual alert. Providing additional control optionswithout cluttering the UI with additional displayed controls enhancesthe operability of the device and makes the user-device interface moreefficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs andreducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device)which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life ofthe device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly andefficiently.

In some embodiments, the one or more non-visual output devices includesa tactile output device (e.g., a tactile output generator) (910). insome embodiments, the first non-visual alert includes a second tactilealert component (912). In some embodiments, the second non-visual alertincludes the second tactile alert component (e.g., the same tactilealert component is included in non-visual alerts, irrespective of (e.g.,independent of) watch face that the electronic device (e.g., 600) iscurrently configured to display) (914).

In some embodiments, the set of one or more predetermined times includesa plurality of predetermined times separated by a predetermined timeinterval (e.g., every hour (e.g., at the top of every hour); every halfhour (e.g., at the top and the bottom of every hour)).

In some embodiments, the plurality of predetermined times includes afirst subset of predetermined times that correspond to the top of eachhour of the day and a second subset of predetermined times thatcorrespond to the bottom of each hour of the day. In some embodiments,the first subset of predetermined times correspond to non-visual alertsof a first type (e.g., alerts that include a top-of-the-hour audiocomponent). in some embodiments, the second subset of predeterminedtimes correspond to non-visual alerts of a second type that aredifferent than the first type (e.g., alerts that include abottom-of-the-hour audio component that has a different audiocharacteristic (e.g., frequency, tone, melody) from the top-of-the-hourcomponent). Providing different types of non-visual alerts for the firstsubset of predetermined times and the second subset of predeterminedtimes enables a user to more easily recognize or be hinted at of thecurrent time based on the non-visual alert, Providing improved feedbackenhances the operability of the device and makes the user-deviceinterface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide properinputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with thedevice) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves batterylife of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quicklyand efficiently.

In some embodiments, in accordance with the electronic device (e.g.,600) having a first hardware configuration (e.g., a hardwareconfiguration wherein the one or more non-visual output devices arecapable of outputting non-visual alerts with a first timing (e.g., afirst output warm up time requirement that affects the timing of outputsupon receipt of an initiation signal; 10 milliseconds), the firstpredetermined time is a second predetermined time (916). In someembodiments, in accordance with the electronic device (e.g., 600) havinga second hardware configuration (e.g., a hardware configuration whereinthe one or more non-visual output devices are capable of outputtingnon-visual alerts with a second timing (e.g., a second output warm uptime requirement that affects the timing of outputs upon receipt of aninitiation signal that is longer than the first output warm up timerequirement; 20 milliseconds) that is different from the first hardwareconfiguration, the first predetermined time is a third predeterminedtime that is different from the second predetermined time (918).

In some embodiments, in accordance with the electronic device (e.g.,600) having a third hardware configuration (e.g., a hardwareconfiguration wherein the one or more non-visual output devices arecapable of outputting non-visual alerts with a first output warm up timerequirement that affects the timing of outputs upon receipt of aninitiation signal), the electronic device (e.g., 100) outputting thefirst non-visual alert includes waiting for a first delay period (e.g.,0 milliseconds, a non-zero period (e.g., 5 milliseconds, 10millisecond)) to elapse before outputting the first non-visual alert(920). In some embodiments, in accordance with the electronic device(e.g., 600) having a fourth hardware configuration that is differentfrom the third hardware configuration, the electronic device outputtingthe first non-visual alert includes waiting for a second delay period(e.g., 0 milliseconds, a non-zero period (e.g., 5 milliseconds, 10millisecond)) that is different from the first delay period to elapsebefore outputting the first non-visual alert (922), In some embodiments,the electronic device (e.g., 600) includes instructions for adjusting todifferent hardware capabilities by imposing a delay that is selectedbased on the hardware of the device.

In some embodiments, in response to detecting that the current time hasreached the first predetermined time of the set of one or morepredetermined times (904), in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device (e.g., 600) is currently configured to display (e.g.,configured to display upon occurrence of a condition that corresponds toa trigger for displaying a watch face), via the display device (e.g.,699), a third watch face that is different from the first watch face(e.g., 602) and different from the second watch face (e.g., 802) (e.g.,the third watch face includes at least a second watch face element(e.g., user interface element) that is not included in the first watchface or in the second watch face), the electronic device (e.g., 600)outputs (928), via the one or more non-visual output devices, the firstnon-visual alert (e.g., a set or series of one or more audio tonesand/or a set or series of one or more tactile outputs). in someembodiments, a group of different watch faces share the same non-visualalert. Generating the same non-visual alert for a group of differentwatch faces provides consistency, which in turn enables a user to moreeasily recognize and/or be hinted at of the current time based on thenon-visual alert. Providing improved feedback enhances the operabilityof the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g.,by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakeswhen operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reducespower usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the userto use the device more quickly and efficiently.

Note that details of the processes described above with respect tomethod 900 (e.g., FIGS. 9A-9B) are also applicable in an analogousmanner to the methods described above. For example, method 700optionally includes one or more of the characteristics of the variousmethods described above with reference to method 900. For example, theone or more audio tones (e.g., 806, 810, 812) and/or tactile outputs(e.g., 808) described in method 900 can be included in method 700 toprovide a user with periodic notifications of a current time without theuser needing to always manually request for the current time. Forbrevity, these details are not repeated below.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific embodiments. However, theillustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or tolimit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modificationsand variations are possible in view of the above teachings. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciples of the techniques and their practical applications. Othersskilled in the art are thereby enabled to best utilize the techniquesand various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated.

Although the disclosure and examples have been fully described withreference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that variouschanges and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in theart. Such changes and modifications are to be understood as beingincluded within the scope of the disclosure and examples as defined bythe claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device, comprising: one or moreinput devices; a first non-visual output device; a second non-visualoutput device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or moreprograms configured to be executed by the one or more processors, theone or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the oneor more input devices, an input; and in response to detecting the input:in accordance with a determination that the input meets a set ofnon-visual time output criteria, initiating output of a non-visualindication of a current time, wherein initiating output of thenon-visual indication of the current time includes: in accordance with adetermination that a first set of output type criteria are met,initiating output, via the first non-visual output device, of a firsttype of non-visual indication of the current time; and in accordancewith a determination that a second set of output type criteria are met,initiating output, via the second non-visual output device, of a secondtype of non-visual indication of the current time, different from thefirst type of non-visual indication of the current time.
 2. Theelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs furtherinclude instructions for: in response to detecting the input: inaccordance with a determination that the input does not meet the set ofnon-visual time output criteria, forgoing initiating output of thenon-visual indication of the current time.
 3. The electronic device ofclaim 1, wherein initiating output of the non-visual indication of thecurrent time includes completing the non-visual indication of thecurrent time.
 4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one ormore programs further include instructions: after initiating output ofthe non-visual indication of the current time and prior to completingoutput of the non-visual indication of the current time, detecting asecond input, the second input corresponding to a request to interruptoutputting of the non-visual indication of the current time; and inresponse to detecting the second input, ceasing to output the non-visualindication of the current time before completing output of thenon-visual indication of the current time.
 5. The electronic device ofclaim 1, wherein: the electronic device includes a display device, andthe set of non-visual time output criteria includes a criterion that ismet when the input is received while the electronic device isdisplaying, via the display device, a predetermined user interface. 6.The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the electronic deviceincludes a touch-sensitive surface, and the set of non-visual timeoutput criteria includes a criterion that is met when the input is atouch gesture including a predetermined number of contacts that isdetected on the touch-sensitive surface.
 7. The electronic device ofclaim 1, wherein: the first non-visual output device is a tactile outputdevice, the first type of non-visual indication of the current time is atactile output that indicates the current time, and the first set ofoutput type criteria includes a criterion that is met when theelectronic device is currently configured to suppress audio outputs. 8.The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the first non-visual outputdevice is an audio output device, and the first type of non-visualindication of the current time is an audio representation of one or morewords indicating the current time,
 9. The electronic device of claim 8,wherein: the electronic device includes a display device, and initiatingoutput of the audio representation of one or more words indicating thecurrent time includes: in accordance with a determination that theelectronic device is currently configured to display, via the displaydevice, a first watch face, initiating output of the audiorepresentation of one or more words using a first voice; and inaccordance with a determination that the electronic device is currentlyconfigured to display, via the display device, a second watch face thatis different from the first watch face, initiating output of the audiorepresentation of one or more words using a second voice that isdifferent from the first voice.
 10. The electronic device of claim 8,wherein: initiating output of the audio representation of one or morewords indicating the current time includes: in accordance with adetermination that the electronic device has a first hardwareconfiguration, initiating output of the audio representation of one ormore words using a third voice; and in accordance with a determinationthat the electronic device has a second hardware configuration that isdifferent from the first hardware configuration, initiating output ofthe audio representation of one or more words using a fourth voice thatis different from the third voice.
 11. The electronic device of claim 1,wherein: the second non-visual output device is a tactile output device,and the second type of non-visual indication of the current time is atactile output indicating the current time,
 12. The electronic device ofclaim 11, wherein initiating output of the second type of non-visualindication of the current time includes initiating the tactile output ofthe current time at a first speed, the one or more programs furtherincluding instructions for: after initiating the tactile output of thecurrent time at the first speed, detecting a set of one or more inputscorresponding to a request to adjust the speed of tactile outputsindicating the current time; in response to receiving the set of one ormore inputs, adjusting a speed of tactile outputs indicating the currenttime from being configured to output at the first speed to beingconfigured to output at a second speed that is different from the firstspeed; after receiving the set of one or more inputs, detecting a thirdinput corresponding to request to output a tactile output indicating thecurrent time; and in response to detecting the third input, initiating asecond instance of a tactile output of the current time at the secondspeed.
 13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronicdevice includes a touch-sensitive surface, the input including one ormore contacts detected on the touch-sensitive surface, the one or moreprograms further including instructions for: after initiating output ofthe non-visual indication of the current time and prior to completingoutput of the non-visual indication of the current time, detecting thatthe one or more contacts are no longer detected on the touch-sensitivesurface; and after detecting that the one or more contacts are no longerdetected on the touch-sensitive surface, completing output of thenon-visual indication of the current time.
 14. A non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configuredto be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device withone or more input devices, a first non-visual output device, and asecond non-visual output device, the one or more programs includinginstructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, aninput; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with adetermination that the input meets a set of non-visual time outputcriteria, initiating output of a non-visual indication of a currenttime, wherein initiating output of the non-visual indication of thecurrent time includes: in accordance with a determination that a firstset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the firstnon-visual output device, of a first type of non-visual indication ofthe current time; and in accordance with a determination that a secondset of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via the secondnon-visual output device, of a second type of non-visual indication ofthe current time, different from the first type of non-visual indicationof the current time.
 15. A method, comprising: at an electronic devicewith one or more input devices, a first non-visual output device, and asecond non-visual output device: detecting, via the one or more inputdevices, an input; and in response to detecting the input: in accordancewith a determination that the input meets a set of non-visual timeoutput criteria, initiating output of a non-visual indication of acurrent time, wherein initiating output of the non-visual indication ofthe current time includes: in accordance with a determination that afirst set of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via thefirst non-visual output device, of a first type of non-visual indicationof the current time; and in accordance with a determination that asecond set of output type criteria are met, initiating output, via thesecond non-visual output device, of a second type of non-visualindication of the current time, different from the first type ofnon-visual indication of the current time.